Missile Defense Advocacy Alliance, 515 King St, Ste 330, Alexandria, VA (2021)

09/21/2021

Lawmakers have proposed $6.3 billion in emergency funding, including $1 billion for the Iron Dome air defense system and other Pentagon-friendly provisions in a stopgap government funding bill to avoid a government shutdown after Sept. 30.

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09/20/2021

The U.S. Aegis Ashore Missile Defense System Romania held a change of command ceremony to transfer the commandership to Commander Frederick G. Hettling.

Read more about the shift in leadership: http://ow.ly/23Ak50GdmaL

09/17/2021

The 100th Missile Defense Brigade’s Detachment 1 provided assistance to execute the Missile Defense Agency’s successful launch of a ground-based interceptor on a Sept. 12 flight test of the nation’s ground-based midcourse defense system.

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09/16/2021

#NorthKorea fired off two short-range ballistic missiles Wednesday that appear to have been fired from a train. The test was carried out by the Railway Mobile Missile Regiment.

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09/16/2021

MDAA Alert: Major General Rossi Military Fellowship - http://ow.ly/PrP350GbhOd

Listen to Riki Ellison's interview on the Mike Buck Radio Show on September 7, 2021. - https://youtu.be/qM6kaDbMb0Y

09/15/2021

Riki Ellison Interview on the Mike Buck Show (9/7/2021)

Listen to Riki Ellison's interview on the Mike Buck Radio Show on September 7, 2021. - https://youtu.be/qM6kaDbMb0Y

Riki Ellison on the Mike Buck Show on September 7, 2021.

09/15/2021

MDAA Breaking Video: GBI Upgraded Boost Vehicle Flight Test -http://ow.ly/SbnB50GaASP

09/15/2021

North Korea fired two ballistic missiles off its east coast Wednesday and South Korea said hours later that it had carried out a successful test of a submarine-launched ballistic missile.

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09/15/2021

Saudi Arabia has reached out to Israel about the possibility of procuring Israeli-made missile defense systems.

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09/15/2021

Congress are looking to include potentially sending an Iron Dome battery currently being operated by the U.S. Army to Ukraine in the 2022 Defense Bill.

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09/15/2021

Israel’s Air Force chief Amikam Norkin on Tuesday announced that the IAF has appointed its first female commander of an air defense battalion — Lt. Col. Revital Barzani.

Read more: http://ow.ly/hpo350Gazai

09/14/2021

The U.S. Coast Guard recently released a set of pictures of the Legend class cutter USCGC Bertholf shadowing a group of four Chinese warships sailing in America’s Exclusive Economic Zone near Alaska’s Aleutian Islands back in August.

Read more: http://ow.ly/2y0i50G9QXq

09/14/2021

The Missile Defense Agency (MDA) awarded a Production Other Transaction (OT) Agreement to C3 AI of Redwood City, California, to aid in enterprise AI development initiatives across the agency.

Read more: http://ow.ly/Kw3k50G9QUO

09/14/2021

Senior diplomats from Japan, the US, and South Korea urged North Korea on Tuesday to return to talks over its missile and nuclear development, a day after it announced it successfully tested new long-range cruise missiles.

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09/14/2021

For the first time, a US Navy uncrewed surface ship has launched an SM-6. The SM-6 is capable of engaging almost anything at sea. Uncrewed ships will increase naval firepower at sea cheaply and efficiently, while creating room for new tactics.

Read more: http://ow.ly/gJsQ50G9QHg

09/13/2021

MDAA Alert: Smoke and Power - Negating North Korea - http://ow.ly/zLHq50G9hwd

09/13/2021

MDA successfully launched a mock-up of a kill vehicle with a new three-stage booster designed to enhance the performance of the interceptors that make up the GBMD System in a flight test to deter Iranian and North Korean threats.

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09/13/2021

The U.S. Missile Defense Agency conducted a successful launch of a Ground-Based Midcourse Defense (GMD) Ground Based Interceptor (GBI) flying a mock-up of the Exoatmospheric Kill Vehicle (EKV).

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09/13/2021

The United States has withdrawn some of its defense missiles from Saudi Arabia amid ongoing attacks levied against the country by Yemen’s Iranian-backed Houthis, The Associated Press reported.

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09/13/2021

North Korea said on Monday it had successfully launched newly developed long-range cruise missiles, its first missile test in 6 months and a new indication that an arms race between North and South Korea was heating up on the Korean Peninsula.

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09/10/2021

MDAA Alert: Not The Full Monty - http://ow.ly/K9sj50G80uN

09/10/2021

A U.S. Missile Defense Agency flight test of a Ground-based Interceptor missile is scheduled for Sunday, Sept. 12, from Vandenberg Space Force Base, conducted by Space Launch Delta 30, the Missile Defense Agency, and U.S. Northern Command.

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09/10/2021

India is all set to launch its first satellite and ballistic missile tracking ship Dhruv on Friday. The 10,000-tonne vessel will be commissioned from Visakhapatnam in Andhra Pradesh.

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09/10/2021

India and Israel have jointly developed MRSAM or the Barak 8 air defense system that includes advanced radar, command and control systems, and mobile launchers.

Read more: http://ow.ly/3WhW50G7QhA

09/09/2021

Turkey’s purchase of the S-400 air defense system from Russia is a done deal but it may also buy Patriot missiles from the US, Minister of Foreign Affairs Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu has said.

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09/09/2021

From a Russian source, there are currently two Russian submarines armed with Caliber cruise missiles off the Syrian coast at the Russian naval base in Tartus.

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09/09/2021

Sens. Susan Collins and Angus King said Bath Iron Works and its main competitor are helping the Navy design the warship expected to succeed Arleigh Burke-class destroyers, the main type of ship BIW builds.

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09/08/2021

Raytheon Technologies says it is gearing to deliver the first two Patriot Configuration 3+ batteries to Poland in 2022.

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09/08/2021

Israel has received its fourth and final Sa’ar 6 warship as the country implements a new naval doctrine aimed at bolstering defensive capabilities in its exclusive economic zone.

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09/08/2021

The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer, USS Dewey (DDG 105) arrived Sept. 8, to its new forward-deployed location in Yokosuka.

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09/07/2021

MDAA Alert: Phenomenal Capability - http://ow.ly/zb8150G5QxM

09/07/2021

After spending nearly a year preparing in the lab and in the field, the U.S. Army is set to launch a second round of its major experimentation event this fall, dubbed Project Convergence.

Read more: http://ow.ly/zkkZ50G5CPP

09/07/2021

South Korea has launched a task force to further develop space capabilities for its military, following U.S. approval earlier this year to lift a restriction on the country’s missile production program.

Read more: http://ow.ly/57wv50G5CJS

09/07/2021

Saudi Arabia intercepted a ballistic missile and armed drones fired at its oil-rich Eastern Region by Yemen’s Houthi group on Saturday, and two children were injured by the resulting shrapnel, the ministry of defence said.

Read more: http://ow.ly/w81L50G5CDQ

09/03/2021

It was reported on Tuesday that the Baltic Fleet’s missile corvette Sovetsk test-launched a Kalibr-NK cruise missile from the White Sea in the #Arctic.

Read more about the test: http://ow.ly/TZrO50G47Z7