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N.Korea now possesses 1,000 missiles: S.Korea Minister

Seoul: North Korea now has 1,000 missiles of various types, South Korea's defence minister said Wednesday, a 25-percent increase on the number estimated two years ago. Minister Kim Tae-Young also reminded a Seoul forum that the communist state is pushing ahead with a highly enriched uranium programme,...

March 18th, 2010 | Missiles & Bombs News | Read More

Belarus touts anti-air defense system for Venezuela

Caracas: Belarussian President Alexander Lukashenko on Tuesday offered Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez, a vocal US critic, help in building an anti-air defense system as part of the countries' deeper strategic ties. "We have proposed to your government and your president sharing the experience of creating...

March 17th, 2010 | Missiles & Bombs News | Read More

India’s missile shield test fails: Officials

Bhubaneswar, India: India's homegrown interceptor defence shield developed to detect and destroy incoming ballistic missiles failed during a test on Monday, military officials said. The test was abandoned when the radars following the target, a nuclear-capable missile, lost track of it after it blasted...

March 16th, 2010 | Missiles & Bombs News | Read More

NATO commander backs cooperation with Russia on missile defense

Washington: The new U.S. adoptive approach for European missile defense includes the possibility of using a Russian radar system as part of an integrated system, NATO's top military officer has said. Adm. James G. Stavridis, NATO's supreme allied commander for Europe and commander of U.S. European Command,...

March 12th, 2010 | Missiles & Bombs News | Read More

Russia’s Strategic Missile Forces conduct large-scale drills

Moscow: More than 2,000 servicemen from Russia's Strategic Missile Forces (SMF) are taking part in large-scale command-and-staff exercises that started on Wednesday, a military spokesman said. "The SMF are conducting command-and-staff drills on March 10-12 in line with the annual training program," Col....

March 10th, 2010 | Missiles & Bombs News | Read More

Iran Announces Production of New Cruise Missile

Iran Defense Minister Ahmad Vahidi says his country is producing a new short-range missile capable of evading radar. Iranian state TV reported with great fanfare that Tehran has begun to produce a new short-range cruise missile it claims is extremely accurate and capable of evading radar. The report...

March 9th, 2010 | Missiles & Bombs News | Read More

Russia tests submarine-launched missile

Moscow: The Russian military on Thursday successfully tested a strategic missile from a submarine in the Arctic, Russia's federal space agency said. "A Sineva missile was launched on March 4 at 7:50 am Moscow time (0450 GMT) from the Tula rocket-carrying submarine in the Barents Sea. The launch was successful,"...

March 8th, 2010 | Missiles & Bombs News | Read More

Navy to Acquire Laser JDAM for Direct Attack Moving Target Capability

ST. LOUIS: The Boeing Company today announced that it has been awarded an $11.4 million contract to supply Laser Joint Direct Attack Munitions (Laser JDAM) to meet the U.S. Navy’s Direct Attack Moving Target Capability (DAMTC) requirement. The initial contract, which calls for the delivery of 23 munitions...

March 4th, 2010 | Missiles & Bombs News | Read More

Russia worried by US missile defense plan

Moscow: Russia has serious questions over the aims of fresh US missile defence plans for Europe, the foreign ministry said Friday, in Moscow's strongest expression of concern yet over the new initiative. "We still have serious questions regarding the true purpose of the US missile system," a ministry...

March 1st, 2010 | Missiles & Bombs News | Read More