Category: Air Defense
Google Earth 3D rendered some nice images of SAM sites in Taiwan
Some of Taiwan’s surface-to-air missile sites and other military installations have been rendered in 3D on Google Earth.
Japan refutes Russia’s claim that Aegis Ashore violates INF Treaty
Japan’s Defense Minister Takeshi Iwaya says the Aegis Ashore system in Japan will not violate the U.S.-Russia Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty.
Photo by Mark Wright
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U.S. Army confirms plan to purchase Iron Dome anti-missile system
The U.S Army has confirmed that it will be buying two sets of the Israeli Iron Dome anti-missile system to assess it ability to “protect deployed U.S. military service members against a wide variety of indirect fire threats and aerial threats.”
Israel Defense Forces and Nehemiya Gershoni נחמיה גרשוני [CC BY-SA 3.0], via Wikimedia Commons
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AN/SPY-6 aces most complex test yet
Raytheon’s AN/SPY-6(V)1 air and missile defense radar has completed its most stressing test to date at the U.S. Navy’s Pacific Missile Range Facility, Kauai, Hawaii.