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Russia Test Fires 10,000 Km Ballistic Missile

August 22, 2015 @ 07:49 PM

Russia's Strategic Missile Force (SMF) test-launched a Topol intercontinental ballistic missile with a 10,000 km range. The single warhead missile can carry a nuclear weapon with a 550 kiloton yield

China's DF-41 Nuclear Missile Could Become Operational This Year

August 18, 2015 @ 03:43 PM

China's 7000 miles range DF-41 ballistic missile could become operational as early as this year. Beijing reportedly conducted a flight test on August 6 of its long-range missile that launched two independently-targeted simulated nuclear warheads, freebeacon

Military Satellite System For US, Allies Goes Live

July 31, 2015 @ 07:12 PM

One of the world's most impenetrable satellite communications systems, built by Lockheed Martin to serve the U.S

Honeywell Wins US Nuclear Weapons Support Facility Contract

July 11, 2015 @ 01:11 PM

The National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) has awarded Honeywell Federal Manufacturing and Technologies, LLC, to be the management and operating contractor for the National Security Campus (NSC) in Kansas City, Missouri. The primary mission of the NSC is the production and procurement of electrical, electronic, mechanical, electro-mechanical, plastic, and metal components...

North Korea Test Fires Anti-Ship Rockets

June 15, 2015 @ 01:06 PM

North Korea test-fired a newly deployed anti-ship rockets, after a month of the countrys claim that its navy tested a submarine-launched ballistic missile, various media reported today. The “highly intelligent” rockets accurately detected and hit their target

Are Yemini Scuds Getting the Better of Saudi Patriot Anti-missile Systems?

June 14, 2015 @ 03:18 PM

Rebel Yemini forces are reported to have accelerated their missile attacks on Saudi targets over the weekend after an earlier Scud attack on a Saudi base claimed the life of the countrys air force chief. The Iranian FARS news agency reported, “the Yemini (rebel) army and Ansarullah (Shia Houthi forces) fired 46 missiles at al-Ain al-Harrah, al-Khoubeh, al-Amoudeh and Al-Sauda military bases in southern Saudi Arabia yesterday without specifying if the missiles fired were Scuds

Kim Jong Un Photo-ops With SLBM Scientists While UN Threatens Sanctions Against...

May 29, 2015 @ 06:52 AM

North Korean Leader Kim Jong Un participated in a photo session with scientists, technicians, workers and officials who were part of the successful test-fire of the submarine launched ballistic missile (SLBM) by the countrys navy earlier this month. “When Kim Jong Un appeared in the venue of the photo session, all the participants broke into enthusiastic welcoming cheers

DRDO To Test Upgraded Interceptor Missile Next Week

March 30, 2015 @ 10:07 AM

The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) will test-fire a configured version of an interceptor missile from Wheeler Island on April 6. It will be launched against an electronic target missile for validating its capability to carry warheads and minimise the mis-distance, The Hindu reported on Monday

Indian Army To Get Akash missiles Next Month

March 28, 2015 @ 10:37 AM

The Indian army will be getting the Akash "area defence" missile systems, which have an interception range of over 25 km in all weather conditions, from next month. "The fully-automated Akash system is designed to defend the country's vital and vulnerable areas against medium-range air targets penetrating from low, medium and high altitudes

United Launch Alliance Launches 9th GPS IIF Satellite For US Air Force

March 26, 2015 @ 04:03 PM

A United Launch Alliance (ULA) Delta IV rocket successfully launched the ninth Global Positioning System (GPS) IIF satellite on Wednesdays for the US Air Force. This mission was launched aboard a Delta IV Medium-plus (4,2) configuration Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle (EELV) using a single ULA common booster core powered by an Aerojet Rocketdyne RS-68 main engine, along with two Orbital ATK GEM-60 solid rocket motors

Russia’s RS-26 Ballistic Missile Test Fired

March 26, 2015 @ 12:52 PM

Russia has successfully test-fired an RS-26 Rubezh ballistic missile that can penetrate the sophisticated missile defenses. The missiles dummy warhead hit its target at the Sary Shagan range in Kazakhstan just minutes after takeoff from the Kapustin Yar rocket launch and development site in the southern Astrakhan region on March 18, Kommersant newspaper reported Thursday

Six Percent Rise In Cost Of US Ballistic Missile Defense Systems Program

March 20, 2015 @ 11:20 AM

Program cost of the US designed Ballistic Missile Defense System has increased by 5.9 percent, making a total of nearly $140 billion

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