The legislation would authorize slightly more than $19 billion for the creation of a new missile defense shield in fiscal 2026.
Background: ・Ukraine’s Air Force noted that during the 21 November (2024) missile attack on the city of Dnipro, Russia used an intercontinental ballistic missile. Ukrainska Pravda sources ...
Ellie Cook is a Newsweek security and defense reporter based in London, U.K. Her work focuses largely on the Russia-Ukraine war, the U.S. military, weapons systems and emerging technology.
The executive order requires the defense secretary to submit an architecture design, outline requirements ... for radars to detect them. Ballistic missiles, on the other hand, can be detected ...
After warning U.S. officials of its intention to launch, Russia lobbed a mysterious new ballistic missile—initially mistaken for a nuclear-capable ICBM—at the city of Dnipro in eastern Ukraine ...