WASHINGTON - The U.S. military has deployed an advanced missile defense system in Israel. A spokeswoman for the U.S. European Command said today that the move is intended to test the U.S. military’s ability to rapidly deploy such weapons around the world. Citing security reasons, she declined ...

*WASHINGTON - * The US has discussed a potential missile defence collaboration with India, a top Pentagon official has said, underlining that Washington wants to build a "much deeper and broader relationship" with New Delhi. Under Secretary of Defence for Policy John Rood, however, said that ...

WASHINGTON: The U.S. military has held preliminary discussions about moving a powerful missile defense system to Germany to boost European defenses, according to two sources familiar with the issue, a move that experts said could trigger fresh tensions with Moscow. The tentative proposal to send ...

WASHINGTON - United States has tested an upgraded version of the Patriot missile system, which it says would help protect US allies against a wider range of threats.The new missile, complete with next-generation radars, electronics, software and fire control technologies was tested recently by the ...

WASHINGTON - The Pentagon’s Defense Security Cooperation Agency “delivered the required certification notifying Congress of the possible sale of THAAD missile defence system worth $15 billion,” on Friday, the DSCA said in a statement. The Saudi government has requested 44 THAAD launchers, ...

American forces successfully tried out Sunday a missile interception system the US hopes to set up on the Korean peninsula, military officials said following a trial just days after North Korea's second test of an ICBM.In the American test of the so-called THAAD system, a medium-range missile was ...

China on Saturday strongly urged the Republic of Korea (ROK) and the United States to respect China's concerns and stop their deployment of the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) system. Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Geng Shuang made the remarks in response to reports that ROK ...

WASHINGTON – The United States plans to carry out a new test of its THAAD missile defense system against an intermediate-range ballistic missile in the coming days, two US officials said, as tensions with North Korea climb.Despite being planned months ago, the US missile defense test will gain ...

China demanded on Tuesday an immediate halt to a controversial US missile shield hours after Washington announced that the defence system was now operational in South Korea.Washington and Seoul agreed to the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) battery deployment in July in the wake of a ...

BEIJING: China called Tuesday for the immediate suspension of a controversial missile defence system hours after Washington confirmed the shield was now operational in South Korea. "China's position is clear-cut and firm. We oppose the deployment of the THAAD system in (South Korea) and urge ...