Iran Announces Development of Three Helicopter-borne Missiles
Iran's Ministry of Defense and the Army Aviation have developed three new missiles with range over kilometers to be mounted on the militarys attack helicopters, with a view to their mass-production in near future. The missiles are respectively dubbed Heidar, Qamar-e Bani Hashem, and the airborne version of the Dehlaviyeh armor-piercing...
Turkish S-400 Air Defence Systems to have Local Software: Foreign Minister
The software deployed in the Turkish S-400 Air Defence Systems will have locally developed software and will operate with unique radar, detection and surveillance systems. Turkish Foreign minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said today that the system will be programmed in such a way as not to detect NATO systems as hostile
Pakistan Test-fires Indigenous Cruise Missile
Pakistan Navy test-fired a domestically developed unindented cruise missile in the north Arabian sea on Tuesday. "The indigenously developed cruise missile has anti-ship missile and land attack capability," Inter Services Public Relations (ISPR), the media arm of the Pakistan Armed Forces, said in a statement Tuesday
New Israeli Missile Can Speed Past Russian S-300 Air Defence System
Israel has developed a new supersonic air-to-surface missile that can speed past the Russian S-300 air defence system without getting intercepted, a journalist from Germany, Florian Rötzer, has claimed. The “Rampage” missiles were used by the Israeli military during an airstrike in the Syrian province of Hama last week,...
NATO Reacting Positively To Form Joint Working Group With Turkey Over S-400...
NATO has positively approached Turkey's proposal to form a joint working group to ease concerns over its purchase of Russian S-400 missile systems, Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu said Friday. “We still haven't heard back from the US but NATO has approached our proposal positively,"
US To Deploy THAAD Defense System In Romania
The United States has planned to deploy to Romania one of its seven Terminal High-Altitude Area-Defense (THAAD) missile-interceptor batteries, the army has announced. The planned summer 2019 deployment coincides with a shut-down of the US Aegis Ashore missile-defense site, also in Romania, for a scheduled upgrade
India Test-fires "Nirbhay" Subsonic Cruise Missile
India completed test-firing "Nirbhay" long-range subsonic cruise missile from a test range in Odisha on Monday. The missile was test-fired from launch complex-3 of the Integrated Test Range (ITR) at Chandipur near Balasore, sources in Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) said
Russian S-500, S-350 Air Defence Systems 'Almost Ready'
Russian S-500 and S-350 air defence systems, successors to the S-400 and S-350 respectively, are ‘almost ready, for deployment. The two new systems have several advancements over the S-400 and S-300, Sputnik reported without specifying the features stating that they are classified
Russia Says Turkey Can Produce S-400 Components
Turkey can produce components for the Russian S-400 missile defense systems, Russia's Presidential spokesperson said Thursday. "We are not talking about the complete production chain, as it is a new type of weapon
US Likely To Sell 56 SM-3 Missiles to Japan For $1.15B
The United States is likely to have approved the sale of 56 Standard Missile-3 Block IB missiles to Japan for $1.15 billion
India's BrahMos Cruise Missile To Go Farther, Faster
Range and speed of Indias indigenously made BrahMos supersonic cruise missile is planned to be increased to 500 kilometers (311 miles), and over 4.5 mach respectively
India’s ASAT Missile Test Debris Will Burn Up In Atmosphere: Pentagon Chief...
Debris from Indian anti-satellite (ASAT) weapons test conducted on 27 March would burn up in the atmosphere, Acting US Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan said Thursday, despite NASA administrator warning of the left-over debris. “400 pieces of orbital debris from the test have been identified, including debris that was traveling above the International Space Station which is a terrible, terrible thing,” Reuters quoted NASA administrator Jim Bridenstine as saying Monday
French DGA Orders 70 New Generation Fuel Tank Trucks
U.S. Army Awards Lockheed Martin $756M for Hypersonic Weapon System Enhancements
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Is the Patriot Air Defense System Outdated?
After Israel revealed its decision to decommission its U
Russia's Growing Influence in Africa: Arms Sales and Military Bases
Russia's expanding influence in Africa, demonstrated by arms sales, military deployments, and diplomatic engagements, reflects a significant geopolitical shift on...
Development Trends in Unmanned Surface Vessels
Unmanned surface vessels (USVs) have caught the attention of the world following their spectacular success in sinking Russian warships in...
Have Iran-Israel Missile Attacks Enabled Mutual Deterrence?
Iran's April 13-14 missile strike against Israel marks a paradigm shift in Tehran's approach to Israel; from previously relying on...
Free Flight to Russian Hypersonic Missiles as America's Own Hypersonics Program Delayed to 2027
As Russian Aerospace Forces pummeled Ukrainian positions in mid-March 2024 with hypersonic missiles, the Pentagon's own hypersonics program faces delays,...
Counter-trade, Undisclosed Deals May be Masking Russia’s Arms Export Numbers
A Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SPIRI) report last week reported a steep fall in Russias arms exports- pushed to...