China’s advancing hypersonic missile program, notably the operationally deployed DF-17 road-mobile system which launches the ...

A United States Navy warship recently tested the Aegis Combat System to detect, track, and even engage a maneuvering hypersonic missile in a simulated flight. The Flight Test Other 40 (FTX-40 ...

The drills come as President Donald Trump revealed details of the Golden Dome initiative, which is intended to protect the ...

Meanwhile, USS Pinckney was tasked with conducting an intercept, albeit a simulated one involving the launch of a virtual Standard Missile-6. This is the sharp end of the Aegis Combat System that ...

Plans for a 360-degree missile system for the island will cost approximately $8 billion, and the Department of Defense will ...

President Trump’s Golden Dome initiative aims to create a comprehensive integrated air and missile defense system for the ...

Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense (BMD): Deployed primarily on Navy ships, but with some land sites. Aegis handles short- to medium-range missiles and can engage limited ICBM-class threats.

The United States may have the lead in anti-hypersonic missile capabilities, which could be as critical as developing the platforms. “Our Aegis Combat System successfully defended against a ...