Missile Defense

A Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) interceptor is launched from a THAAD battery located on Wake Island, during Flight Test Operational (FTO)-02 Event 2a, conducted Nov. 1, 2015. (Missile Defense Agency/Ben Listerman)

US to Deploy THAAD Missile System to Romania this Summer

The THAAD will integrate into the existing NATO Ballistic Missile Defense system, U.S. European Command announced.

The Ohio-class ballistic-missile submarine USS Kentucky (SSBN 737) departs Naval Base Kitsap-Bangor for the boat's first strategic deterrent patrol since 2011. (U.S. Navy/Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Amanda R. Gray)

STRATCOM Chief Renews Call for Sensors in Space

Air Force Gens. John Hyten and Terrence O'Shaughnessy said the Navy's sea radars will be needed to thwart missiles.

DoD's 2019 Missile Defense Review says Russia and China are developing advanced missile capabilities "that challenge existing defense systems" of the U.S. The document also highlights North Korea and Iran as missile threats "to the American Homeland." (Getty Images)

Senator Calls for East Coast Missile Defense Site at Ohio Guard Base

Sen. Rob Portman wants to turn an Army National Guard base into a ground-based missile interceptor site.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov speaks during a news conference in Moscow on Jan. 18. He has rejected the U.S. claim of Russian violations of the 1987 Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty, charging that Washington hasn't offered any proof. (AP Photo)

Russia Warns US Missile Defense Plans Will Fuel Arms Race

The Pentagon's missile defense strategy calls for a new array of space-based sensors and other high-tech systems.

President Donald Trump speaks about American missile defense doctrine, Thursday, Jan 17, 2019, at the Pentagon. (AP Photo/ Evan Vucci)

Trump's Missile Defense Review Calls for Space Sensors, Drone Lasers

President Donald Trump called for the best cutting-edge missile defense weapons and systems at the Pentagon on Thursday.

This Dec. 10, 2018, file photo, provided by the U.S. Missile Defense Agency (MDA),shows the launch of the U.S. military's land-based Aegis missile defense testing system, that later intercepted an intermediate range ballistic missile, from the Pacific Missile Range Facility on the island of Kauai in Hawaii. (Mark Wright/Missile Defense Agency via AP)

US Weighs New Ways to Detect and Track Enemy Missiles

The Trump administration is considering ways to expand homeland and overseas defenses against a potential missile attack.

The Pentagon may develop laser weapons in the future. DARPA photo illustration

Laser Weapons Are Future for Missile Defense, Space, Expert Says

The Pentagon has just a few years to decide whether it wants to invest heavily in the new technology.

This Dec. 10, 2018, photo provided by the U.S. Missile Defense Agency (MDA) shows the launch of the U.S. military's land-based Aegis missile defense testing system, that later intercepted an intermediate-range ballistic missile, from the Pacific Missile Range Facility on the island of Kauai in Hawaii. (Mark Wright/Missile Defense Agency via AP)

US Military's Aegis System Intercepts Test Missile in Hawaii

The land-based Aegis missile defense system has intercepted an intermediate-range ballistic missile in a test near Hawaii.

In this Jan. 13, 2018, file photo provided by Civil Beat, cars drive past a highway sign that says "MISSILE ALERT ERROR THERE IS NO THREAT" on the H-1 Freeway in Honolulu. A Hawaii employee who mistakenly sent an alert warning of an incoming ballistic missile earlier this month, creating a panic across the state, thought an actual attack was imminent, the Federal Communications Commission said Tuesday, Jan. 30, 2018. (Cory Lum/Civil Beat via AP)

Hawaii's False Missile Alert Leads to New Recommendations

The report calls for mandating that software vendors include message preview and cancelling features in the alert software.

The USS John Finn launches an SM-3 Block IIA guided missile which intercepts a target missile launched from the Pacific Missile Range Facility at Kauai, October 26, 2018. (Mark Wright/ Missile Defense Agency)

Navy Destroys Ballistic Missile Target in Successful Interceptor Test

U.S. sailors aboard the USS John Finn destroyed a target with the latest version of the Standard Missile-3 interceptor.

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Police Officer Killed in Line of Duty Was Father of 4 and Army Veteran

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