Threats
In First, Navy Ship Shoots Down ICBM with SM-3 Interceptor
The test could set the stage for a new framework of missile interceptors in the Pacific.
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US Army Aims to Convert Navy Missiles for Remote-Launched Strikes
If experiments prove out, one soldier-operator will be able to pour fires from diverse launchers onto a target.
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DOD Funds an Academic Consortium of Hypersonic Researchers to Outdo China
The field is so new that it needs experts from many fields to learn to work together.
Threats
North Korea Unveils ‘Very Destabilizing’ ICBM
Pyongyang’s new missile boosts the chance of conflict, even if it doesn’t work.
Threats
Firms Picked to Make Orbiting Sensors for Next-Gen US Missile-Defense System
The sensors and satellites will be part of the Tracking Layer component of the next-gen missile-defense system.
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The Air Force’s ‘Connect Everything’ Project Just Had a Big Success
The simulated cruise missile intercept harnessed widely dispersed systems — all supervised by tablets in a flight-line hangar.
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Adding Sensors Saves Ammo, Army Network Testers Find
In a Thursday test, Sentinel radars helped air-warfare operators down simulated missiles with fewer interceptors.
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US Missile Defenses Are About to Level Up
Laser-armed Strykers, new Eastern European batteries, and sea-based interceptors are all coming in the next two years, Pentagon officials say.
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The U-2's Latest Feat: Passing Data from F-35s to Army Missiles
A recent demonstration used the old spy plane as an airborne comms relay between fighters and ground-based weaponry.
Ideas
Lessons from Yemen’s Missile War
After five years, hundreds of long- and short-range missiles fired, and more than 160 missile-defense intercepts, it’s time to take stock.
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DOD’s Top Scientist Shoots Down Airborne Lasers for Missile Defense
What’s needed, Griffin says, is more research into how to use weapons of various strengths in other kinds of combat.
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New START Treaty Looks Dead in the Water
Unless Trump leads, observers say hopes for renewing the arms control deal with Russia, or a bigger one with China, will expire next year.
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The High-Tech Gear That’s Helping the US Military Decide Where to Send Medical Troops Next
An iPhone app and predictive analytics tell the four-star what’s going on right now.
Business
Lockheed Adds 1,000 Employees Amid Coronavirus Crisis, Wants to Hire 5,000 More
The defense giant also said it would give bonuses to employees who can’t work from home.
Ideas
The US Should Accept Russia’s Proposed Moratorium on Post-INF Missiles
The temporary measure has no near-term downside — and may jumpstart important arms-control talks.
Policy
Where Could the US Put Its Post-INF Missiles?
It would be a hard slog to get allies to agree to any sort of basing agreement.
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Pentagon Seeks a Way to Shoot Down Putin’s ‘Invincible’ Hypersonic Missiles
A $13 million DARPA contract will get Northrop working on the problem.
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