The Royal Navy said it fired an upgraded version of Spearfish heavy torpedo from HMS Audacious Astute-class nuclear-powered submarine in the Bahamas. The firings at AUTEC, the Atlantic Undersea Test and Evaluation Centre on Andros Island, studied the performance of the weapon at its maximum operating depth and challenged the torpedo's homing abilities through the introduction of countermeasures
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Russias most potent nuclear powered submarine, Kazan, the lead vessel of the Yasen-M project was today inducted into its Navy. The Project 885M Yasen-M nuclear submarines can carry carry Oniks and Kalibr cruise missiles
A test launch of United States Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM), capable of carrying multiple self-guided nuclear warheads, scheduled for Wednesday, was aborted just prior to launch, the US Air Force's Global Strike Command said. "The cause of the ground abort is being investigated and Air force Global Strike Command is assessing the potential to reschedule the launch,” a statement from the Command said
AeroVironment said it has acquired German company Telerob for approximately $55 million. On May 4, the company announced it was granted clearance from the German government and bought Telerob Gesellschaft für Fernhantierungstechnik mbH (Telerob), in a $45
The Russian Navy will decommission a 36-year-old Delta IV (Project 667BDRM Delfin) strategic nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarine next year. "In 2022, the Yekaterinburg submarine will be withdrawn from the Northern Fleets combat structure and sent for disposal," a source in the domestic defense industry was quoted as saying by state-owned
The French Directorate General of Armaments (DGA) successfully conducted a test firing of an M51 nuclear strategic ballistic missile without a warhead from the Landes site of DGA Missile Tests today. Florence Parly, Minister of the Armed Forces, expresses her great satisfaction after the success, a DGA release said
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The Chinese Peoples Liberation Army –Navy (PLAN) which christened its Type 09IV nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarine as “Changzheng-18” last Friday may have three more such vessels. Media reports of the vessels launch ceremony featured a scene in which three other Type 09IVs could be seen in the background, state-affiliated media, Global Times reported
The Chinese Peoples Liberation Army (PLA) Navy commissioned three new warships – a Type 09IV nuclear-powered strategic ballistic missile submarine, a 10,000-ton Type 055 large destroyer, and its first Type 075 amphibious assault ship – on Friday. The commissioning ceremony coincided with the service's 72nd founding anniversary