Second Russian Mobile ICBM Regiment to Become Operational
By the end of 2009 Russia is planning to strengthen its Strategic Missile Forces (SMF) with a second regiment equipped with mobile Topol-M
View ArticleNext Generation AEGIS Missile – Introducing SM-3 IIB
Boeing, Northrop Grumman and Lockheed Martin are competing on the technology development phase of the next generation Standard Missile-3 Block IIB (SM-3
View ArticleMissiles and Missile Defense Systems – 2011-2021
The global missiles and missile defense systems market, estimated to be worth US$15.2 billion in 2011, is projected to grow at a
View ArticleRussia & CIS Defense Update
New AWACS Plane Enters Russian Air Force Service | India to get Russian aircraft carrier by December | Vietnam Receives Su-30 Fighters | Russia Upgrades RS-18 With a New Warhead | Russia to complete...
View ArticleChina Presses On with Strategic Missile Testing
According to a US intelligence reports China has carried out a fourth flight test of an Inter-Continental Ballistic Missile in recent weeks, this time, the Dong Feng-31A (DF-31A) fired from a new...
View ArticleAlaska’s Ground Based Interceptors to Pivot US Defenses Against North Korea
Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel announced yesterday the increase in the number of Ground Based Interceptors to be positioned in Alaska, and the planned deployment of a second TPY-2 radar to Japan, two...
View ArticlePentagon Report: Iran Could Test an Intercontinental Ballistic Missile by 2015
A new Pentagon assessment of Iran's military power maintains that in two years time, Iran could flight-test an intercontinental ballistic missile capable of striking the United States, given...
View ArticleUS Intelligence Report a Cut-Paste on Chinese Missiles
College students can be flunked for cut-and-paste reports, think tankers can be embarrassed, Defense News staff writers can be fired, but not,
View ArticleNew ICBM Under Development in Russia
The Moscow Institute of Thermal Technology (MITT) is developing a new Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (ICBM) under the name RS-26 Rubezh. This ‘medium
View ArticleUS should be prepared to meet North Korean KN08 ICBM
The US is concerned that north Korean provocations could start a cycle of action and counteraction, leading to an unintended, uncontrolled escalation. General Curtis Scaparrotti, the commanding general...
View ArticleA missile testing blitz revamps Russian ICBM modernization
The Russian Navy successfully test-fired a Bulava intercontinental ballistic missile for a second time in two months. Another imminent test expected in the upcoming days is the last test launch of the...
View ArticleSuccessful Intercept over the Pacific Demonstrates U.S. Capability to Defeat...
The U.S. Missile Defense Agency conducted today a long awaited test of the Ground Based Midcourse Defense (GMD) element of the Missile-Defense system protecting the Continental USA from attacks by...
View ArticleNorth Korea Launches Its First ICBM
North Korea tested today the largest ballistic missile developed by the rough country. The missile believed to be the KN 14 (Hwasong 14). With a demonstrated range of 7,000 km, the missile covers the...
View ArticleNorth Korea Successfully Tests a Thermonuclear Device
Pyongyang confirmed today it successfully tested a hydrogen-bomb device, claiming it is now fully independent in producing such nuclear devices, from raw materials to the assembly in missiles. Prior to...
View ArticleNorth Korean Deterrence Boosted with HS-15 Success
The largest ballistic missile developed and launched by North Korea, Hwasong 15 (HS-15) represents an impressive weapon developed by the rough state to achieve credible deterrence against the United...
View ArticleRussia Continues Modernizing its Strategic Missile Force
The challenges posed by ballistic missiles and nuclear weapons, not only those developed and tested by North Korea and Iran, but the large Chinese and Russian nuclear arsenals being modernized, and...
View ArticleToward an All-New Russian ICBM Force
As Russia continues the modernization of its strategic missile force, twenty additional RS-24s Yars ICBMs will be delivered in 2018. By 2020 these new missiles are expected to replace all the remaining...
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