Russia launched one of its biggest combined strikes against Ukraine since late summer. The attack involved Shahed-type...
Air Defense
Air defense is a quiet shield that protects cities, bases, and returning aircraft. At DefenseNewsToday.info, we cover air defense as crews actually experience it. We follow long radar shifts, rushed handovers, and alerts that arrive without warning. Researchers explain SHORAD, medium-range, and long-range SAM layers in plain language. We also track the unglamorous truths that decide success or failure. These include reload times, interceptor stocks, maintenance hours, and crew training.
Lockheed Martin has opened a production line in Courtland, Ala., specifically built for the Next Generation Interceptor....
Iran’s Majid AD-08 has shown up in Armenia at a sensitive time. Some reports say that Yerevan’s...
THAAD, Arrow-3, HQ-19 and S-500 are not shields that can completely stop incoming missiles. They represent approaches...
In the early 2000s, U.S. missile-defense planners faced a difficult situation. In space, a real warhead can...
Iran’s heat-seeking missiles are a big problem for US airpower, because they exploit one of aviation’s oldest...
The Israeli Iron Dome story in the UAE is real enough to justify serious defense analysis. Israel...
Saudi Arabia signed a big deal with Russia to buy 39 Pantsir-S1M surface-to-air missile systems (SAM). Ten...
The claim that China AI followed B-2 bombers over Iran has gotten a lot of attention in...
Lockheed Martin showed off an unusual Pantsir-S1 simulator for training soldiers. Instead of using a military chassis,...