Jordan, which shares a border with war torn Syria, recently announced its plans to deploy Patriot missiles on its territory and it is doing so by extending cordial relationship with other countries. “Jordan wishes to deploy Patriot missile batteries in order to boost its defence capabilities and help protect the...
Iranian military units have received a “massive” number of new long-range missile launchers, state TV reported on Sunday. The new weapon components delivered, allows them to appear stronger among enemies with the mass simultaneous fire of long-range surface-to-surface missiles, Iran Defense Minister, Gen
Raytheons Standard Missile-3 Block IB fired from the USS Lake Erie destroyed a complex, separating short-range ballistic missile target with a sophisticated separating mock warhead, according to an official statement. Despite stressing conditions designed to challenge the missile's discrimination capabilities, the SM-3 successfully engaged the target using the sheer kinetic...
The Iranian Navy will take delivery of cruise missiles with a range of more than 300 kilometers, the director of Irans Defense Ministrys Aerospace Organization said on Sunday. “The new missiles will have “enhanced precision” and other “super advanced capabilities,” Brigadier General Mehdi Farahi was quoted by Press TV as...
Javelin missile makers, Lockheed Martin and Raytheon, are in pursuit of a contract for a medium-range weapon for the French Army. The Javelin is reportedly head-to-head with MBDA for a contract to develop and build a new weapon under the planned missile moyenne portée (MMP), medium-range missile program
In an effort to increase its anti-ship missile capabilities, MBDA plans on reaching out to Middle East nations in the coming months for a potential partnership. In 2012, Antonio Perfetti, managing director of the MBDA's Italian branch and executive group director sales and business development, said that a Middle Eastern country is interested in the joint development of a Marte ER (extended range) version
Raytheon has successfully completed the second launch readiness exercise for the U.S
The U.S Army, along with DARPA, is developing the next generation in navigation technology in an effort to limit its dependence on GPS
Russia first modernized intercontinental ballistic missile, Yars-M, will enter service with the Strategic Missile Forces (RVSN) later this year, according to RVSN Commander Col. Gen
The U.S Defense Security Cooperation Agency notified Congress April 16 of a possible Foreign Military Sale to the United Kingdom for 500 AGM-114-N4/P4 HELLFIRE missiles
Lockheed Martin successfully demonstrated the launch, guided flight, target acquisition and precision strike capability of its Nemesis missile in three flight tests. Nemesis is a man-portable, surface-launched missile that enables warfighters to engage targets with precision lethality from as close as 100 meters to well beyond line of sight
India today successfully test fired for the first time the 290 km-range submarine-launched version of BrahMos supersonic cruise missile in the Bay of Bengal becoming the first country in the world to have this capability. The submarine-launched version of BrahMos was successfully test fired from an underwater pontoon near here, BrahMos CEO A Sivathanu Pillai told PTI