Missile defense News

Pyongyang - Today, China solidified its place as an ally at North Korea’s side as the verbal conflict between the United States and North Korea continues to intensify.

A rare video captures events as Israel's "Iron Dome" missile defense system shoots down incoming Hamas rockets near Ashkelon, close to the Gaza border.

Protesters have been demonstrating against America's planned missile defense system in Menwith Hill in the United Kingdom for decades - now local residents are now joined by the Occupy movement.

Japan has deployed missile batteries in Tokyo and destroyer ships have been dispatched against a North Korean rocket launch planned for April.

China's armed forces successfully tested a system for intercepting missiles in mid-flight on Monday, state media reported.

Tony Blinken, national security adviser to Vice President Biden, said that leaders in Warsaw, Bucharest and Prague should think less of what the U.S. can do for them and more about what they can do with the United States.

Speculations grow that Russian diplomats, working on instructions from propaganda experts, tricked White House and State Department officials to get President Obama to make his missile shield announcement on September 17, a bad day for Poland.

On the day after President Barack Obama announced a change in missile defense for European allies, backlash and concern among some lead to a further explanation to the decision.

The threat from North Korea has grown over the last year. The communist state has tested nuclear warheads and long-range missiles. Now North Korea is threatening to attack Hawaii. Will the U.S. missile defense system prevent it?

Early Monday morning the U.S. Air Force test fired an intercontinental ballistic missile into the Pacific Ocean. This weekend, North Korea criticized the U.S. for missile defense program.