Last month, NATO took a major step toward providing protection for its deployed forces against short- and medium-range ballistic missiles by approving more than $90 million for the development of an alliance-wide theater missile defense capability. Protection for NATO's deployed forces is a good ...
Still, U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Tuesday during a visit to the Czech Republic that Washington could delay activating proposed missile defense sites in Europe until it has "definitive proof" of a missile threat from Iran. Following their meeting, Komura assured Lavrov that the U.S...
Work and other officials will attend a groundbreaking ceremony tomorrow in Redzikowo, Poland, for a second Aegis Ashore site. Both sites are part of NATO’s ballistic missile defense system aimed at protecting the 28 members of the alliance. ...
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31 (Xinhua) -- A test of U.S. ballistic missile defense reportedly failed to intercept an incoming target in Hawaii on Wednesday. "The Missile Defense Agency and U.S. Navy sailors manning the Aegis Ashore Missile Defense Test Complex (AAMDTC) conducted a live-fire missile flight test ...
WASHINGTON, July 30 (Xinhua) -- U.S. forces carried out a missile interception system test on Sunday, a military agency said. The U.S. Missile Defense Agency (MDA) and the U.S. Army conducted a successful missile defense test, using the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) system...
JERUSALEM, March 19 (Xinhua) -- Israel's advanced missile defense system David's Sling successfully intercepted medium to long-range missiles in a joint exercise with the United States, Israeli Defense Ministry said on Tuesday. The ministry said that the drill was held with the U.S. Missile ...
limited to monitoring through their diplomatic presence in the Polish and Czech capitals. Gates said that was clarified to mean the Russians would be permitted a physical — but likely not continuous — presence at the missile defense sites, and that the Russians appeared to regard this more ...