For better or worse, the ballistic missile is one of the greatest accomplishments of modern engineering. It's a massive, unmanned propulsion device designed to launch an explosive payload hundreds ...

China says it has successfully conducted a midcourse missile interception test, a move that could advance its ability to withstand foreign intervention as it presses its territorial claims.

China successfully tested a ground-based midcourse ballistic missile interception, the defence ministry announced on Friday. The result brought the number of such missile interceptions to at least ...

You can get in touch with Ryan by emailing [email protected]. The U.S. has established the Ground-Based Midcourse Defense (GMD) system to defend the homeland against North Korean ICBM attacks.

A notional rendering of Lockheed Martin's Next-Generation Interceptor to replace current interceptors in the ground as part of the Ground-Based Midcourse Defense System that protects the homeland ...

The People’s Liberation Army’s latest test of a ground-based system designed to intercept ballistic missiles indicates China has narrowed the gap in midcourse interceptor technology with the ...