Lockheed to Support U.A.E. THAAD Batteries for $255M Our Bureau 2441
Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) missile system.
Lockheed Martin has won a contract valued $255 million to support U.A.E.’s Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) batteries.
In a statement today, the U.S. Department of Defense said:
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Under this follow-on contract, the contractor will provide maintenance and sustainment for two THAAD batteries for UAE. The maintenance and sustainment scope of work includes providing logistics management, logistics product database, training, missile and ground repair and return, hardware/software development and sustainment, hardware in the loop, engineering services, missile field surveillance program and
The warning, contained in a letter to the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, noted the status of New START arms control talks with Russia.
“In the case of China, we are witnessing the single greatest expansion of a nuclear arsenal since the dawn of the Cold War,” Mr. Billingslea stated in his Jan. 14 letter.
A chart based on intelligence data made public Thursday by the Bureau of Arms Control, Verification and Compliance concluded that Chinese missile production capacity grew by 180% since 2010. The chart was first presented during a briefing for America’s NATO allies three weeks ago.
Additionally, the intelligence indicates that 80% of Chinese missiles were conventionally armed and just 20% were nuclear-tipped in 2010. By contrast, 40% of China’s current missile force today is nuclear-capable with the remaining 60% armed with conventional explosives. The expansion of missile forces accelerated under President Xi Jinping, who took power in 2012.
Chinese money flows into Korean culture industry amid streaming war
Posted : 2021-01-14 17:29
By Park Ji-won
It is nothing new for Korean dramas and films to enjoy popularity in Asian countries, as Korean media content has been viewed increasingly across the continent over the last few decades. Since the introduction of online streaming services, or over-the-top (OTT) media services such as Netflix, sometimes fans both in and outside of Korea can now receive the latest films and dramas at the same time.
But in the gigantic Chinese market, things are different. Since the Chinese government banned any Korean cultural content from being consumed in China in 2017 ― an apparent act of economic retaliation after Korea s introduction of the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) system from the United States ― no single Korean drama has been released officially in China. It also became extremely difficult for Korean singers, even stars such as BTS, to perform in China.
N. Korea nuclear attack would trigger ‘overwhelming response’: Mattis – Yahoo Newsby wpjljron
Friday, February 3rd, 2017.N. Korea nuclear attack would trigger ‘overwhelming response’: Mattis – Yahoo NewsAny nuclear attack by North Korea would trigger an “effective and overwhelming” response, US Defence Secretary James Mattis said Friday as he sought to reassure Asian allies rattled by President Donald Trump’s isolationist rhetoric. Mattis spoke in the South Korean capital of Seoul on the first overseas tour by a senior Trump administration official as […]
Any nuclear attack by North Korea would trigger an “effective and overwhelming” response, US Defence Secretary James Mattis said Friday as he sought to reassure Asian allies rattled by President Donald Trump’s isolationist rhetoric.
North Korea developing 4,000MPH HYPERSONIC nuke missiles to blitz through America’s defences, reports claim
Updated: 6 Jan 2021, 20:44
NORTH Korea is developing 4,000 MPH hypersonic nuke missiles to blitz through America’s defences, new reports claim.
The dictator state is planning to beef up its arsenal with a research centre aimed at developing deadly missiles which could batter US defences.
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Pictured: North Koreans fire a gun salute on the 75th anniversary of the ruling Workers Party of KoreaCredit: Reuters
Dubbed the ‘Academy of National Defense Science’, the centre will research hypersonic missiles - which can’t be intercepted by existing defence systems.