As Iranian missiles targeted US-linked sites across the Gulf, the UAE’s missile shield was activated in real time.

The U.S. Army’s push to improve defenses against hypersonic missile threats increasingly depends on a new Department of Defense space-based tracking architecture, but a federal watchdog warns the Army’s ground-based sensors meant to use that data still face significant acquisition hurdles.

The June 2025 conflict with Iran depleted Israeli and U.S. stocks of antiballistic missiles. If there is another war, the pressure will be on to destroy Iranian missiles before they can be launched.

As missiles and drones cross the region’s skies, the Gulf’s layered air-defense networks—from THAAD to Patriot batteries—are being tested in real time.

The Iran US Israel conflict has entered a dangerous new phase after reports that Iran destroyed a US THAAD missile-defense radar at Jordan’s Salti Air Base. The system, worth billions, is a key part of America’s ballistic-missile shield in the Middle East.

An Arrow missile defense officer describes the intense work of detecting and intercepting Iranian missiles to protect Israeli civilians.

The destruction of THAAD and long‑range radar systems in the opening days of the war highlights a dangerous new reality: static air‑defense assets are easy targets

We officially live in the age of missile defense. The U.S.-Israeli war against Iran has been the showcase for missile-defense systems — interceptors, radars and complex command and control — that are extremely robust and have largely defanged Iran’s foremost military threat to Israel, U.S. forces and other countries around the region.

The Defense Ministry has announced that the upgraded Type-12 surface-to-ship guided missile system will be deployed at the city of Kumamoto's Camp Kengun this month.

A Palm Bay tech company has secured a contract to build and test infrared satellites for President Trump's "Golden Dome" missile defense system.