Tag: Air Defenses

Categories Middle East

Air Defence Systems Repel Militant Drone Attacks on Hmeimim Airbase, Russian Military Says

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Militants in Syria have attempted to launch a drone attack on the Khmeimim airbase, although the unmanned flying vehicles were shot down by air defence systems, Rear Admiral Alexander Shcherbitsky, the head of the Russian Defence Ministry’s centre for Syrian reconciliation, said on Sunday. … Read More >Air Defence Systems Repel Militant Drone Attacks on Hmeimim Airbase, Russian Military Says

Categories Asia & Pacific

Japan may still install Aegis Ashore missile defense systems despite calling it quits on project with US – reports

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Tokyo might’ve said that Aegis Ashore missile systems were too expensive and dangerous to use, but it hasn’t given up on building the American defense package completely, an informed source has told Reuters. … Read More >Japan may still install Aegis Ashore missile defense systems despite calling it quits on project with US – reports

Categories Russia

Star Wars? Russia’s new S-500 has SPACE DEFENSE abilities, can destroy hypersonic weapons & satellites in low-Earth orbit

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Russia’s upcoming S-500 anti-missile system will be unrivaled by any other similar technology in the world, a top military official has said. It is also the first in a new class of space-defense weaponry. … Read More >Star Wars? Russia’s new S-500 has SPACE DEFENSE abilities, can destroy hypersonic weapons & satellites in low-Earth orbit

Categories Asia & Pacific

Japan scraps plans for US-made anti-missile sites, but mulls pre-emptive strike options instead

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Tokyo has aborted plans to go ahead with the Aegis Ashore missile defense sites, having deemed them both unsafe and too costly. Its alternative to the defensive option is quite the opposite: striking enemy firing positions first. … Read More >Japan scraps plans for US-made anti-missile sites, but mulls pre-emptive strike options instead

Categories Asia & Pacific

Japan halts plans to deploy Aegis Ashore missile shield, citing costs & technical issues

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Tokyo has stopped bringing the US-made Aegis Ashore ballistic missile defense sites online on Japanese soil, one month after it suspended plans to deploy an installation in the country’s east following opposition from locals. … Read More >Japan halts plans to deploy Aegis Ashore missile shield, citing costs & technical issues

Categories Russia

‘We’ll PLEASANTLY SURPRISE them’: Russia will be able to counter hypersonic weapons once other states develop them, Putin pledges

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Moscow knows other nations are hastily designing their own hypersonic weapons – but by the time they are acquired, the Russian military will have learned how to shield the country from them, President Vladimir Putin has said. … Read More >‘We’ll PLEASANTLY SURPRISE them’: Russia will be able to counter hypersonic weapons once other states develop them, Putin pledges