John Schilling wrote on the 38 North that North Korea might have an operational Musudan intermediate-range ballistic missile capability by next year.
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The future of the U.S. Navy
CHESAPEAKE BAY, Md. (Oct. 17, 2016) Aircraft CF-02, an F-35 Lightning II Carrier Variant attached to the F-35 Pax River Integrated Test Force (ITF) assigned to Air Test and Evaluation Squadron (VX) 23 completes a flyover of the guided-missile destroyer USS Zumwalt (DDG
1000). (U.S. Navy photo by Andy Wolfe/Released)
Norwegian P-3 shadows Admiral Kuznetsov task force as it sails towards Syria
A Royal Norwegian Air Force P-3 maritime patrol aircraft was dispatched to monitor the Russian Navy’s Admiral Kuznetsov task force as its sails out of its home port for its first combat deployment in the Mediterranean.
Photos: Forsvaret
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Japan to choose between THAAD or Aegis Ashore
Tokyo is expected to set aside some money to fund a study on whether to buy the Terminal High Altitude Area Defence (THAAD) system or Aegis Ashore in an attempt to boost its ballistic missile defense capability.
By Commander, U.S. Naval Forces Europe-Africa/U.S. 6th Fleet (Aegis Ashore Missile Defense Complex Romania) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
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MEADS to cost Germany several billions Euro more than estimate
German officials believe that procuring the Medium Extended Air Defense System (MEADS) will cost taxpayers between 9 to 10 billion Euros, the initial estimate was around 4 billion Euros, Reuters is reporting.
By Bin im Garten (Own work) [CC BY-SA 3.0], via Wikimedia Commons
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