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Missiles and Rockets
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Cover Story
Denel Dynamics is conducting trials of a newly developed armed unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) designated Snyper.
02-Apr-2012
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*US describes its drone-attack policy
Details of how the United States conducts its campaign of air strikes from unmanned aerial vehicles have emerged in a speech by John Brennan, ...
16-May-2012
*UK Royal Navy completes last peacetime Sea Dart firing
The UK Royal Navy (RN) Type 42 Batch 3 destroyer HMS Edinburgh has carried out the last planned practice firing of the GWS 30...
16-May-2012
Lockheed Martin demos DAGR against moving targets
Lockheed Martin has demonstrated the Direct Attack Guided Rocket (DAGR) precision-guided weapon against a moving ground target during firing trials from a US Army ...
11-May-2012
*North Korean parade includes SAM systems
North Korea's military parade in Pyongyang on 15 April to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the birth of Kim Il-sung produced little fresh evidence ...
01-May-2012
*Lt Gen O'Reilly outlines US missile-defence plans
New details of US plans for ballistic-missile defence were given to the Senate Appropriations Committee's Subcommittee on Defense on 18 April 2012 by Lieutenant ...
01-May-2012
*Israel improves anti-missile and anti-rocket capabilities
Israel is enhancing its capabilities in counterforce operations as well as active and passive defence against missile and rocket attacks. It follows a series ...
30-Apr-2012
*South Korea reveals new cruise and ballistic missiles
South Korea has developed and deployed a new cruise missile with a range of more than 1,000 km and a tactical surface-to-surface ballistic missile ...
30-Apr-2012
*Pakistan flies new Shaheen variant
Pakistan flight tested an improved version of its Hatf IV Shaheen ballistic missile on 25 April. Designated Shaheen-1A, it was described as "an improved ...
30-Apr-2012
*Reason for Unha 3 launch failure remains unknown
More than a week after North Korea's attempt to launch the Kwangmyongsong-3 imaging satellite using the country's indigenous Unha 3 satellite launch vehicle (SLV) ...
30-Apr-2012
*Agni 5 makes successful maiden flight
India's Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) has conducted the first flight of its Agni 5 ballistic missile from a rail-mounted launcher on Wheeler ...
30-Apr-2012
Israel looks at new helicopter weapons
The Israel Air Force is considering acquiring either Elbit Systems' semi-active laser-homing Guided Advanced Tactical Rocket (GATR) or a modified version of the Rafael...
30-Apr-2012
Indian Army gives priority to SAM replacement
The Indian Army has earmarked 21 per cent of its current proposed multiyear capital outlay of INR18,828 crore (USD3.6 billion) for air defence. According...
30-Apr-2012
USSOCOM plans a missile for special forces use
The United States Special Operations Command (USSOCOM) Special Operations Research, Development and Acquisition Center (SORDAC) extended the deadline for companies to respond to its ...
30-Apr-2012
*North Korea flexes its missile muscle
Transporter erector launchers (TELs) carrying what seemed to be a new long-range ballistic missile were a highlight of a parade in Pyongyang, capital of ...
27-Apr-2012
Upgraded S-300V4 to enter service this year
The upgraded S-300V4 (Voyskovaya = Ground Forces) surface-to-air missile (SAM) system will enter service with Russia's Ground Forces this year, military spokesman Colonel Sergey ...
27-Apr-2012
Russian SSBNs head towards service
The Russian nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarine (SSBN) Alexander Nevsky , second unit of the Project 955 Borey class, will carry out two test launches...
27-Apr-2012
QinetiQ delivers trials control system for Norway's Andoya range
QinetiQ has completed delivery of its Trials Control System (TCS) to the Andoya Test Centre in Norway as part of an upgrade of the ...
26-Apr-2012
Pakistan may order more Spada 2000 systems
The Pakistan Air Force is considering procuring from Italy three to five more batteries of MBDA's Spada 2000 air-defence system, according to Pakistani press ...
26-Apr-2012
SSBN(X) unaffordable under current shipbuilding budget
The US Navy (USN) has set up an affordability group under the Program Executive Office (PEO) Submarines to apply cost-related lessons from recent US ...
26-Apr-2012
Space Fence passes preliminary design review
Raytheon's Space Fence S-band radar has completed a comprehensive preliminary design review (PDR) demonstrating the technical maturity of its ability to detect and track ...
25-Apr-2012
F-35 completes 'pit drop' ordnance tests
The Raytheon Paveway IV guided bomb has been successfully released from the Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter as part of a ...
26-Apr-2012
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
Further Nag ATGM tests planned
India is planning a new round of tests for its long-running indigenous Nag anti-tank guided missile (ATGM) in June or July 2012. The test...
26-Apr-2012
AARGM tests show high lethality, says USN
Testing conducted against simulated enemy air defences has demonstrated the lethality of the ATK AGM-88E Advanced Anti-Radiation Guided Missile (AARGM), Rear Admiral William Shannon, ...
26-Apr-2012
Next-generation naval radar passes reviews
Northrop Grumman has successfully completed a system functional review (SFR) and a test readiness review of its Air and Missile Defense Radar (AMDR) programme. ...
26-Apr-2012
Russia reports progress with next-generation SAMs
A new missile for the S-400 Triumf (SA-21 'Growler') system has entered production and will be supplied to operational units in the near future, ...
26-Apr-2012
Russian defences engage cruise-missile targets
Four Russian Tu-95MS 'Bear-H' bombers from the 6950th Air Base at Engels in Saratov oblast launched four cruise missiles on 13 April that flew ...
26-Apr-2012
*MEADS fire-control radar begins integration testing
The first multifunction fire-control radar (MFCR) for the Medium Extended Air Defense System (MEADS) has entered system-level testing at Pratica di Mare Air Force ...
25-Apr-2012
*Second SBIRS spacecraft completes integrated testing
Lockheed Martin has successfully completed the Final Integrated System Test (FIST) for the US Air Force's second Space-Based Infrared System (SBIRS) geosynchronous satellite (GEO-2). ...
25-Apr-2012
Super Hornet demonstrates distributed targeting capability
Boeing and the US Navy have successfully completed a flight test of the prototype Distributed Targeting System-Networked (DTS-N) on an F/A-18E/F Super Hornet. The ...
25-Apr-2012
US details TLAM use against Libya
Two hundred and thirty Block III and IV Tomahawk Land Attack Missiles (TLAMs) were used in operations against Libya in 2011, Rear Admiral William ...
23-Apr-2012
USMC looks for air-defence laser demonstration
Companies interested in developing a high-energy laser weapon that meets a US Marine Corps (USMC) requirement for a next-generation mobile air-defence system have been ...
23-Apr-2012
APKWS sees action in Afghanistan
The BAE Systems Advanced Precision Kill Weapons System (APKWS) semi-active laser guidance kit for the 2.75-inch Hydra 70 rocket has been used in combat ...
23-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
*New adventures for the wily Coyote
An Orbital Sciences GQM-163A Coyote Supersonic Sea Skimming Target (SSST) completed the type's first presentation outside the United States as part of a French ...
20-Apr-2012
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