by Spencer Ackerman | Jan 4, 2013 | Monitor
The makers of one of the world’s most advanced missile interceptors aren’t worried about shrinking defense budgets. These are boom times for Patriot missiles.
by Robert Beckhusen | Dec 11, 2012 | Monitor
The North American Aerospace Defense Command — which oversees the U.S.’s air defense – is now saying North Korea appears to have successfully sent an ‘object’ into orbit after its latest rocket launch.
by Spencer Ackerman | Dec 7, 2012 | Monitor
This was once an actual thing that Iraqi insurgents did: fire rockets from on top of their heads.
by Spencer Ackerman | Nov 28, 2012 | Monitor
Iron Dome stopped a lot of rockets in this month’s Israel-Gaza war. But it won’t be able to stop Iran’s ballistic missiles. So the Israelis are already upgrading their missile defenses.
by Spencer Ackerman | Oct 17, 2012 | Monitor
A Standard Missile-3 interceptor is launched from the Aegis cruiser USS Lake Erie during a joint Missile Defense Agency/U.S. Navy ballistic missile flight test, 2007. Photo: Flickr/Missile Defense Agency Just in time for a presidential election in which both...