Missiles

The 'lead' Ground-based Interceptor is launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif., March 25, 2019, in the first-ever salvo engagement test of a threat-representative ICBM target. The two GBIs successfully intercepted a target launched from the Ronald Reagan Ballistic Missile Defense Test Site on Kwajalein Atoll.

National Security

North Korea’s big nuke doesn’t scare the 100th Missile Defense Brigade

Abraham Mahshie · October 29, 2020 9:00 am

Airman 1st Class Alexandra Ayub runs on a road near the missile alert facility in Nebraska during a four-day deployment in 2016. Although Ayub works within a fenced in facility, she does her physical training outside of the gates in the vast expanse of open land that surrounds the Missile Alert Facility.

How Air Force’s ICBM missileers deal with stress and isolation during coronavirus restrictions in the middle of nowhere

Abraham Mahshie · October 20, 2020 6:47 pm

This image made from video broadcasted by North Korea's KRT, shows a military parade with what appears to be possible new intercontinental ballistic missile at the Kim Il Sung Square in Pyongyang, Saturday, Oct. 10, 2020.

National Security

Japan says it will strengthen missile defense after North Korean military parade

Zach Halaschak · October 14, 2020 12:27 am

North Korea shows off ‘monster’ intercontinental ballistic missile at military parade

Spencer Neale · October 10, 2020 6:16 pm

Beltway Confidential

Biden should be paying attention to Russia’s new hypersonic missile test

Tom Rogan · October 7, 2020 7:47 pm

National Security

Mark Esper Guam visit reflects strategic importance in Pacific defense posture

Abraham Mahshie · August 31, 2020 9:20 pm

Extended Range Cannon Artillery, or ERCA, will provide indirect fires for the brigade combat team and division-level fight. ERCA provides a ten-fold capability through a combination of an increased range, increased rate of fire, increased lethality, increased reliability and a greater survivability.

National Security

‘Not a moment to lose’: Army in chase for long-range precision fires

Abraham Mahshie · August 24, 2020 8:50 pm

A 10-kiloton nuclear bomb that explodes over the White House would kill an estimated 130,230 people and injure about 173,000 more.

Beltway Confidential

On nuclear weapons, Vladimir Putin will prefer Biden to Trump

Tom Rogan · August 24, 2020 8:20 pm

Magazine - Your Land

Word of the Week: ‘Tomahawk’

Nicholas Clairmont · August 21, 2020 3:00 am

President Donald Trump speaks at Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, in San Diego, Tuesday, March 13, 2018.

‘I call it the super-duper missile’: Trump teases development of new hypersonic weapon

Anthony Leonardi · May 16, 2020 2:13 pm

Military vehicles and equipment, parts of the S-400 air defense systems, are unloaded from a Russian transport aircraft, at Murted military airport in Ankara, Turkey, on Friday. The first shipment of a Russian missile defense system has arrived in Turkey, the Turkish Defense Ministry said Friday, moving the country closer to possible U.S. sanctions and a new standoff with Washington. The U.S. has strongly urged NATO member Turkey to pull back from the deal, warning the country that it will face economic sanctions.

National Security

‘Disagreement between friends’: Adm. Stavridis downplays Turkey’s S-400 deployment but warns about Russia threat

Abraham Mahshie · May 14, 2020 7:23 pm

The Patriot weapons system is deployed.

US moving Patriot anti-missile systems from Saudi Arabia as Iran tensions ease

Zach Halaschak · May 7, 2020 9:56 pm