Bloomberg has been told by an anonymous Turkish official that Ankara has agreed to foot a $2.5 billion bill to buy the S-400 air defense missile system from Russia.
The U.S. State Department has cleared the Foreign Military Sale case of Patriot air defense missile system to Romania. Congress was informed on the decision on Jul. 10.
The U.S. military has deployed a Patriot air defense missile unit in Lithuania for the first time on Jul. 10. The system is participating in Exercise Tobruk Legacy.
The U.S. intelligence agencies may rely on commercial space synthetic aperture radar in the near future to spy on North Korea for impending ballistic missile launches.
Speaking to reporters on the sideline of the G20 summit in Germany, Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull says Canberra is developing a missile defense program to protect its forces.