Big Concerns with Army’s Patriot Radar Replacement Plan

HASC Concerned with Army’s Patriot Radar Replacement Plan

"...The committee is so concerned with the Army's plan, or lack thereof, that it wants to withhold program office funding until the service develops a new plan to replace the Patriot radar system, according to the chairman’s mark of the fiscal 2017 bill. “The Army strategy would delay fielding a new radar, despite high-technology readiness levels, until 2028; this means our warfighters will be deployed with a 58-year-old radar before they get a modernized capability,..."

Reference: www.defensenews.com .

North Korean Missile Test Fails, South Says, Bringing String of Crashes to 3

North Korean Missile Test Fails, South Says, Bringing String of Crashes to 3

"...Thursday’s attempts bring the total failures in launching the Musudan — one of the North’s most powerful missiles deployed or under development — to three in the past two weeks, according to South Korean officials. The successive failures are a potential embarrassment for North Korea’s leader..."

Reference: www.nytimes.com .

Northrop's new battle command system proves its worth

Northrop's new battle command system proves its worth

"...HUNTSVILLE, Ala., April 19 (UPI) -- The U.S. Army has successfully defeated ballistic and cruise missiles in a dual-engagement test of a Northrop Grumman-developed battle command system...."

Reference: www.upi.com .

Iran parades parts of advanced S-300 missile battery in Tehran

Iran parades parts of advanced S-300 missile battery in Tehran

"...According to the semi-official Fars News, the parts did not include the missiles themselves..."

Reference: www.timesofisrael.com .

Russian Flyby of USS Donald Cook in Baltic Sea Alarms Experts (video)

Russian Flyby of USS Donald Cook in Baltic Sea Alarms Experts

"...Two Russian Sukhoi Su-24 fighter jets flew at extremely low altitude over the American guided-missile destroyer USS Donald Cook in the international waters of the Baltic Sea ..."

Reference: www.nbcnews.com www.nbcnews.com

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North Korea unveils homemade engine for missile capable of striking U.S.

North Korea unveils homemade engine for missile capable of striking U.S.

"...advances have been accompanied by a series of threats to blow up New York City, the White House and South Korea’s presidential Blue House. Although North Korea has fired a range of projectiles, it has not demonstrated an ability to successfully fire a nuclear-tipped missile and hit a target. That would almost certainly be suicide..."

Reference: www.washingtonpost.com .

US ‘Gremlin’ drones designed to cause missile defense mayhem (VIDEO)

US ‘Gremlin’ drones designed to cause missile defense mayhem (VIDEO)

"...Nicknamed the ‘Gremlins’ program, an audacious US government-backed plan to use swarms of drones to disrupt enemy missile defense systems is under development. ..."

Reference: www.rt.com

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Seoul: N. Korea fires missile and tries to jam GPS signals

Seoul: N. Korea fires missile and tries to jam GPS signals

"...has repeated threats of nuclear strikes on Seoul and Washington and warned it will test a nuclear warhead and ballistic missiles capable of carrying it..."

Reference: www.washingtonpost.com .