Pentagon ends new radar effort meant for Guam missile defense
The Pentagon quietly directed the Missile Defense Agency to stop development of a new radar to protect Guam, according to a recent GAO report.
By Jen Judson
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Sentinel nuclear missiles will need new silos, Air Force says
The Sentinel ICBM program is already alarmingly over budget, and trying to reuse 55-year-old Minuteman III silos would put it even further behind.
Two hypersonic weapons complete new developmental milestone
Lockheed Martin and Raytheon have completed captive carry tests of two Hypersonic Air-breathing Weapon Concept variants.
By Valerie Insinna
US Air Force may have accidentally revealed interest in hypersonic nuke
One key general says a hypersonic glide option will not be fielded in the initial years of the Ground Based Strategic Deterrent program.
By Valerie Insinna
New Russian policy allows use of atomic weapons against non-nuclear strike
President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday endorsed Russia’s nuclear deterrent policy, which allows him to use atomic weapons in response to a conventional strike targeting the nation’s critical government and military infrastructure.
Quest for ‘super-duper’ missiles pits US against key rivals
They fly at speeds of a mile a second or faster and maneuver in ways that make them extra difficult to detect and destroy in flight.
By Robert Burns, The Associated Press
US Army to test hypersonic weapons on this college campus
The centerpiece of the $130 million facility will be a kilometer-long tube for hypersonic testing.
By Aaron Mehta
US pulls Patriot missiles, fighter aircraft from Saudi Arabia amid dispute
The U.S. is pulling two Patriot missile batteries and some fighter aircraft out of Saudi Arabia, an American official said Thursday, amid tensions between the kingdom and the Trump administration over oil production.
By Lolita C. Baldor, The Associated Press
The US Air Force wants to develop a hypersonic cruise missile
The service is seeking information from industry on how fast development and production can go.
By Valerie Insinna
Russia slams US arguments for low-yield nukes
The U.S. State Department argued in a paper released last week that fitting the low-yield nuclear warheads to submarine-launched ballistic missiles would help counter potential new threats from Russia and China.
Hypersonic weapons aren’t fast enough to avoid coronavirus
The Pentagon is seeing COVID-19 impacts on the supply chain for its future hypersonic weaponry.
By Aaron Mehta
American troops had only hours to react to Iranian ballistic missile attack. Here’s what they did.
“I don’t know what I’ve done to deserve such dedicated and loyal Airmen, but I know without a doubt the blind trust and genuine love we’ve developed over the past few months played a major role in our survival that night.”
By Shawn Snow