The Pentagon announced it would be deploying its THAAD battery to Israel ... some of the best air defences in the world, its anti-missile systems failed to deter drone attacks by Iran-backed ...

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Does the U.S. need advanced missile defense? President Trump's announcement to pursue it follows a long history.

Lockheed Martin operations in Huntsville, Anniston and Troy will share in the work, according to the Pentagon.

Under the contract, Lockheed Martin will be responsible for logistics management, hardware and software development and sustainment, missile and ground repair and return, engineering, and training.

President Donald Trump’s dramatic surprise announcement giving priority to an advanced missile defense to protect the United ...

has begun to deploy its first Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) exoatmospheric ballistic missile interception system, it was revealed during the annual graduation event at the Air ...

And given how there are few anti-ballistic missile defense systems out there as effective as the THAAD, more billions are now poured into the weapon developed by Lockheed Martin. THAAD stands for ...

Mr Hwang, accompanied by Defence Minister Han Min Koo and others, visited Seongju to try to explain the decision to deploy the Thaad anti-ballistic missile (ABM) system there but was immediately ...

The Missile Defense Agency conducted a test in the fourth cycle of its Terminal High Altitude Area Defense boost motor Feb. 13 at Redstone Test Center.

In the 1980s, President Ronald Reagan promoted space-based missile interceptors, termed the Strategic Defense Initiative. The ...