The U.S. is planning to deploy 14 new ground-based missile interceptors in Alaska to counter threats posed by North Korea.
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Category: Air Defense
Postol says Iron Dome success rate could be 5-10% only
MIT Professor Theodore Postol claims the Israeli Iron Dome missile system only had a success rate of five to ten percent.
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Taiwan to test fire SM-2, HF-3 next month
Taiwan will test fire its SM-3 and Hsiung Feng III (HF-3) missiles at the annual Han Kuan exercise next month.
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French, Italian crew fired SAMP/T at ballistic missile target
An Italian Army and French Air Force crew fired a SAMP/T interceptor against a ballistic threat on Mar. 6.
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10 QW-1M MANPADS seized off Yemeni coast
An Iranian dhow seized off the Yemeni coast in January was carrying 10 QW-1M Man-portable air-defense systems (MANPADS).
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