At the top of Kyiv's wish list has been the Patriot, a ground-based air defense system considered the gold standard. Ukraine operates a handful of Patriots donated by several countries.

The city's defense system deploys a sophisticated anti-missile defense mechanism to neutralize threats before they can cause harm. In the microscopic world, bacteria face a similar scenario.

Ukraine is working on a homegrown air defense system to rival the US-made Patriot, according to the commander in chief of its army. The decision was spurred by the development of Russia's new ...

Submission of public comments for the Guam missile defense system is now closed and groups that gave feedback have questioned the need for the system and highlighted the significant impacts it ...

THAAD is an American air-defense system made by the US defense contractor Lockheed Martin. It is designed to intercept short-, medium-, and intermediate-range ballistic missiles during the final ...

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ARIEL HARMONI/DEFENSE MINISTRY) The system did appear to be smaller, which might mean it might also be cheaper to produce, a key element for long-term defense, according to sources, given that the ...

Credit: Ihor Kuznietsov/Novyny Live/Global Images Ukraine/Getty Images LONDON—The UK government revealed it has been working on a new ground-based air defense system for Ukraine. Gravehawk ...

Just last December, the US Missile Defense Agency (MDA) conducted the first successful intercept of a ballistic missile target from the island using the Aegis Guam System, which fired a land-based ...

Ryan Chan is a Newsweek reporter based in Hong Kong, where he previously had over a decade of experience at a local newspaper, covering China and current events around the world. His focus is on ...

The UK is sending Ukraine a new air defense system, the Gravehawk. The mobile system has been retrofitted to fire air-to-air missiles from the ground. Having the systems will help Ukraine avoid ...

Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc. KTOS recently secured a contract for hypersonic system program, with a potential total value of approximately $100 million. Per the contract, Kratos will ...