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Missiles and Rockets
China and Indonesia continue talks on C-705 MoU
Talks are continuing on the terms for Indonesia's acquisition of Chinese-designed C-705 air-to-surface missiles. The Indonesian military attaché in Beijing, Colonel Lek Suryomargono, was ...
26-Apr-2012
Griffin demonstrates anti-ship capability
The US Navy has fired a Raytheon Griffin B missile from a Rolling Airframe Missile (RAM) launcher, the company announced on 18 April 2012. ...
23-Apr-2012
Indonesia to build Chinese C-705 antiship missile
Indonesia is to manufacture Chinese C-705 anti-ship guided missiles in a new purpose-built plant. The official Indonesian government ANTARA news service reported on 7 ...
29-Mar-2012
Iran test-fires missiles during 'Velayat 90' naval exercise
During a 10-day naval exercise codenamed 'Velayat 90', conducted in the Persian Gulf and the Sea of Oman from 24 December 2011, Iran test-fired ...
06-Jan-2012
Tawazun Precision Industries to manufacture Marte parts
Tawazun Precision Industries (TPI), has entered into an agreement with MBDA for the manufacture of various components related to the Marte family of missiles, ...
22-Nov-2011
Raytheon clears JSOW C-1 for internal F-35 carriage
Raytheon recently cleared the C-1 variant of its AGM-154 Joint Standoff Weapon (JSOW) for internal carriage in the Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II Joint ...
14-Nov-2011
Vietnam receives second Bastion coast-defence system
Russia has delivered a second Bastion (SSC-5 'Stooge') coast-defence missile system to Vietnam, the Russian Interfax news agency reported on 19 October 2011. The...
26-Oct-2011
Iran to reveal new cruise missile
Iran plans to release information on a new cruise missile called Zafar (Triumph) in the near future, Iranian Defence Minister Brigadier General Ahmad Vahidi ...
13-Oct-2011
India continues development of air- and sub-launched BrahMos
Five prototype air-launched BrahMos cruise missile launchers have been manufactured in India to enable flight testing of the missile to begin before the end...
04-Oct-2011
*German Navy unveils RBS15 Mk 3 cruise missile
The German Navy officially took delivery of its first series-production RBS15 Mk 3 long-range anti-ship/land attack cruise missiles in a ceremony at Kiel naval ...
04-Oct-2011
*FASGW(H)/ANL ready for demonstration and manufacture
MBDA is confident that its FASGW(H)/ANL (Future Anti-Surface Guided Weapon [Heavy]/Anti-Navire Leger) is ready to begin the next stage of development. A Joint Assessment ...
03-Oct-2011
*USAF trials B-1B bomber against maritime targets
The US Air Force (USAF) has conducted the first test of the maritime strike capabilities of its Rockwell B-1B Lancer bomber during exercises in ...
23-Sep-2011
*Iran unveils latest C-802 development
Iran has revealed a new version of the Chinese-designed C-802 anti-ship missile that is unlike any variant of this missile seen previously. The new ...
02-Sep-2011
*Containerised Club-K offers transportability and concealment
Morinformsistema-AGAT displayed the containerised version of the Club-K anti-ship missile system at the MAKS 2011 air show in Moscow. The system is designed for ...
02-Sep-2011
BrahMos testing to continue
There has not yet been an agreement over cost-sharing of required modifications to the [Sukhoi] Su-30MKI tactical aircraft, being developed jointly between India and ...
11-Aug-2011
Pakistan starts work on missile patrol craft
Construction of a 500-ton missile patrol craft has begun at the Karachi Shipyard, the PakTribune News Service reported on 12 July. The keel-laying ceremony...
28-Jul-2011
*Perseus shows MBDA concept for multirole cruise missile
MBDA used the Paris Air Show to unveil its concept for a next-generation supersonic cruise missile able to conduct all-weather strikes against a wide ...
05-Jul-2011
*NSM tested in California for Norway and Poland
Kongsberg's Naval Strike Missile (Nye Sjomalsmissiler - NSM) surface-to-surface missile passed two key tests requested by the Royal Norwegian Navy (RNoN) and Poland's Ministry ...
04-Jul-2011
Bastion-P missile deployments continue
Russian Navy Commander-in-Chief Admiral Vladimir Vysotskiy has said that the Navy is to deploy K-300P Bastion-P (SCC-5) coast-defence missile units with its Caspian Sea ...
09-Jun-2011
*Norway moves Joint Strike Missile development into Phase 2
On 12 April 2011 the Norwegian government announced its approval of the Phase 2 development plan for Kongsberg's air-launched anti-ship Joint Strike Missile (JSM), ...
08-Jun-2011
Air-launched BrahMos could require structural changes to Su-30MKI
Continued problems with the integration of the air-launched version of the Russian-Indian BrahMos anti-ship missile have led to increasing disputes about financial and technical...
04-May-2011
First RBS15 Mk3 missiles delivered to Poland
The first batch of at least two Saab Bofors Dynamics RBS15 Mk 3 surface-to-surface antiship missiles was delivered to the Polish Navy "around mid-February ...
05-Apr-2011
*Israel intercepts C-704 antiship missile shipment
A cargo ship intercepted by the Israeli Navy on 15 March was found to be carrying two Iranian-manufactured C-704 Nasr anti-ship missile systems. Israel...
23-Mar-2011
China tests submarine 'tattletale' tactics
During recent exercises, China's Navy of the People's Liberation Army (PLA-N) has demonstrated the ability of a submerged submarine to target hostile surface ships ...
08-Mar-2011
*Iran reveals anti-ship ballistic missile
Iran's Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) has started mass production of a recently developed anti-ship ballistic missile, its commander, Major General Mohammad Ali Jafari, ...
08-Mar-2011
*South Korea trims its Spike-NLOS order
South Korea's Ministry of Defence has cut back its order for Israeli-made Spike-NLOS (non line of sight) missiles from 130 to 90. According to...
04-Mar-2011
Russia developing hypersonic naval cruise missiles
Russia is developing hypersonic cruise missiles, Alexander Leonov, the general director of NPO Mashinostroyenia, told the Interfax news service on 8 February. The organisation,...
04-Mar-2011
Boeing to integrate Harpoon on Indian Jaguars
The US Naval Air Systems Command, Precision Strike Weapons Program Office (PMA-201), intends to award a contract to Boeing for the integration of Harpoon ...
08-Feb-2011
Lockheed Martin funded to fly LRASM-A and B missile demonstrators
Lockheed Martin has been awarded two contracts worth a total of USD218 million for the demonstration phase of the US Defense Advanced Research Project ...
07-Feb-2011
Russia and India sign BrahMos protocol
BrahMos Aerospace and Russia's NPO Mashinostroyeniye, the two major industry participants in the Russian-Indian BrahMos Joint Venture (JV), have signed a protocol to enable ...
04-Feb-2011
*Iranian Navy receives new coast-defence missile systems
The Iranian Navy officially accepted several newly developed anti-ship coastal cruise missile systems from the Iranian Ministry of Defence during a ceremony attended by ...
10-Jan-2011
*Poland 'conditionally' orders additional NSM missiles
Poland's Ministry of National Defence (MND) signed a 'conditional' PLN332.56 million (USD109.89 million) contract amendment with Kongsberg Defence Systems on 6 December 2010 for ...
10-Jan-2011
*France receives first Exocet MM40 Block 3 missiles
France's Direction Générale de l'Armement (DGA) formally accepted four MBDA MM40 Block 3 Exocet anti-ship missiles on 16 December 2010. Delivered to the DGA's...
07-Jan-2011
*USN begins future OASuW study
The US Navy (USN) is set to begin a nine-month Analysis of Alternatives (AoA) study intended to inform and condition a future Offensive Anti-Surface ...
07-Jan-2011
*China's air-to-surface missiles go from strength to strength
Airshow China 2010 held in Zhuhai on 16-21 November 2010 provided more evidence of the scale of China's air-to-surface missile development in the key ...
29-Dec-2010
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