Joe Biden is said to be finalizing plans to send a patriot missile defense system to Ukraine to help the war effort against Russian forces. The announcement comes ahead of Biden’s meeting with President Volodymyr Zelensky – who is visiting the White House today. Zelensky and Biden will meet at 2.30 p.m. […]
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CNN — The Biden administration is finalizing plans to send the Patriot missile defense system to Ukraine that could be announced as soon as this week, according to two US officials and a senior administration official. The Pentagon’s plan still needs to be approved by Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin before […]
The world’s largest body of physicists admitted on Monday that a report it had issued seven months ago contained errors that downplayed the effectiveness of a novel plan for shooting down missiles. The American Physical Society published the 54-page report in February. It assessed the overall feasibility of thwarting missile […]
TELFS, Austria — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy was meeting virtually with world leaders at the Group of Seven summit in Germany on Monday as the United States readies new efforts to aid Kyiv’s defense against Russia. A senior administration official at the G-7 said the U.S is planning to provide […]
President Joe Biden, who is currently meeting with G7 leaders in Germany for a summit primarily focused on Ukraine, announced recently that the US would provide Ukraine with “more advanced rocket systems and munitions” as its war with Russia grinds on. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is slated to virtually address […]
The company argues that data collected from every orbit is needed to defend against advanced ballistic and hypersonic missiles WASHINGTON – The Pentagon could get far more bang for its missile-defense buck if all the sensor satellites located in different orbits could talk to each other and share data via […]
COLORADO SPRINGS – The war in Ukraine is demonstrating the rapid pace of change in modern warfare and underscoring the need for enhanced missile defense capabilities, Derek Tournear, director of the Pentagon’s Space Development Agency, said April 6 at the Space Symposium here. “We have seen some hypersonics deployed over […]
The deployment, announced Thursday by Vice President Kamala Harris, is intended to deter Russia and boost Poland’s security amid western concerns that the Ukraine conflict could spill into NATO-aligned nations. The Patriot air defense missile system — Patriot stands for “Phased Array Tracking Radar to Intercept of Target” — is […]