After suffering a devastating cyber attack by the ‘Stuxnet virus engineered by Israel and the US, Iran learnt from the experience to create the ‘Shamoon virus. The US National Security Administration (NSA) suspects that Iran's state hackers learned from previous attacks against its networks and created the ‘Shamoon virus which infected 30,000 computers of the Saudi-American oil company, ARAMCO in 2012 besides infiltrating over 50 aerospace, airline and petrol corporations, hospitals and universities all over the world
North Korea fired five short-range missiles on Sunday, demonstrating its improving missile technology. The five projectiles were launched from locations near Wonsan, a coastal town east of Pyongyang and flew about 125 miles northeast before plunging into the sea, a Defense Ministry spokesman said
Indonesian Air Force has requested for more sophisticated fighter jets such as Sukhoi Su-35s to replace its F-5 Tigers, Antara News reported Wednesday. “Russian-made Sukhoi SU-35 meets the requirements of TNI-AUs weaponry system,” Chief of Air Force Vice Marshall Agus Suprianta was quoted as saying after opening a leadership meeting of the air force
Pakistan on Monday successfully test fired the indigenously developed Air Launched Cruise Missile (ALCM) which can deliver nuclear warheads up to 350 km with pin-point accuracy. The Raad missile enables Pakistan to achieve strategic standoff capability both on land and at sea
India test-fired its nuclear capable ballistic missile ‘Agni-5', which can strike targets over 5,000 km and can carry a nuclear warhead of over one tonne, from a launch centre in the countrys east coast. Todays launch from a mobile canister means the missile is a step closer to deployment with the Indian Armys missile forces command
Russia is planning to conduct the drop test of its Sarmat intercontinental ballistic missile this year and a test launch by 2017, according to ITAR-TASS. The new 100-ton missile is expected to enter service in 2020, and is likely to replace the Cold-War era R-36 missile
Cubic Corp's Mission Support Services announced today that it has won a $500 million Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) contract for countering weapons of mass destruction. DTRA is the US MoDs official Combat Support Agency
Mission Support Services, a business segment of Cubic Corporation was awarded a contract valued at $9.9 million by the U
DCNS, the French ship and submarine builder may be heading for a loss during 2014, the fist time since 2003. Non delivery of the Mistral amphibious assault ship to Russia and delays in the Scorpene and Barracuda submarine projects to different customers has weighed down on the financials of the company, various French media outlets reported today
Iran has built a 27-meter-long missile, capable of delivering a warhead “far beyond Europe,” and placed it on a launch pad at a site close to Tehran. The missile could be used to launch spacecraft and carry warheads, an Israeli television report said Wednesday, Times Of Israel reported