Missile defence shield

Serviceman patrols in front of the Patriot air defence system during Polish military training on the missile systems at the airport in Warsaw, Poland February 7, 2023. REUTERS/Kacper Pempel/File Photo
Analysis

Missile defence successes in Gulf, Ukraine fuel global urgency to acquire systems

Iran launched as many as 120 intermediate-range ballistic missiles at Israel on 13 April US and Israeli officials say. US SM-3 and Israeli Arrow interceptors destroyed nearly all of them, leaving...

Japan Ground Self-Defense Force soldiers stand at the entrance gate of their Yonaguni base on Japan's westernmost inhabited Yonaguni Island in Yonaguni, Okinawa prefecture, October 26, 2021. REUTERS/Issei Kato/Files
World+Biz

Japan to deploy missile defence unit in Yonaguni, near Taiwan - Jiji

FILE PHOTO A Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) interceptor is seen in Seongju, South Korea, June 13, 2017. Picture taken on June 13, 2017. REUTERSKim Hong-Ji
World+Biz

S Korea, China clash over US missile shield, complicating conciliation