Japan’s Kyodo news agency says Tokyo believes Pyongyang might have launched two Rodong ballistic missiles towards Japan simultaneously to confuse early warning missile detection systems. One missile exploded in mid-air.
Category: Air Defense
JSDF’s current order to shoot down incoming N. Korean missile to be permanent
Tokyo plans to put an interception order based on Article 82 of the Self-Defense Forces Law into permanent effect in order to better deal with ballistic missile threats from North Korea.
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Pantsyr-S1 unit in Kamchatka Peninsular now operational
A Pantsyr-S1 unit based in Russia’s Kamchatka Peninsular is now operational, Pacific Fleet spokesman Vladimir Matveyev told TASS.
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Finland welcomes Russia’s invitation to talks over issues related to safety in Baltic
Representatives of Nato countries and Finland and Sweden have been invited by the Russian Ministry of Defense to hold talks this September on issues relating to safety in the Baltic Sea region. The Finish Defense Ministry said it welcome the gesture but more details are required.
Lockheed Martin’s MHTK completes second test flight
Lockheed Martin’s Miniature Hit-to-Kill (MHTK) interceptor was successfully launched in an engineering demonstration at White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico on Jul. 29, as part of the U.S. Army’s Aviation and Missile Research Development and Engineering Center’s (AMRDEC) Extended Area Protection and Survivability (EAPS) program.
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