On Sunday night, 29 civilians, including women and children, were killed and injured in a missile attack on a mosque and religious school in Yemen. The two ballistic missiles used in the attack were used by Iranian-backed Houthi fighters.
On Wednesday, Israel announced that it had begun testing a large inflatable missile detection system that is designed to hover at high altitudes and detect long-range threats. This new system, called the High Availability Aerostat System, resembles a blimp or zeppelin.
Also on Wednesday, Russian President Vladimir Putin announced that Russia's navy will begin receiving the first shipments of Zircon hypersonic cruise missiles in 2022.
On Thursday, the Pentagon released a declassified version of its annual report to Congress on Chinese military developments. The document revealed that China's new ballistic missile submarines have the capability of striking the United States homeland without even leaving the port.
On Saturday, a top Turkish defense official confirmed that Turkey had successfully conducted a test of it's own high-altitude, long-range air defense missile system that counters the Russian S-400 defense system. The Turkish system is planned to be deployed to the army in 2023.
