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Pentagon says THAAD anti-missile test successful
The Pentagon said Wednesday it intercepted two ballistic missiles in a successful test of its Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) weapon system. It was the first operational test of the system aimed at intercepting missiles at high altitude in the final stage of their trajectory, officials said. The Pentagon’s Missile Defense Agency said that [...]
Russia arrests Chinese national for spying
Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) has detained a Chinese national they say was trying to gain access to secret information about the S-300 air defense system, the FSB said in a statement on Wednesday. Tun Shenjun was arrested on October 28, 2010. News of his arrest has onlu just been made public. “It was established [...]
Development of S-500 air defense systems behind schedule – paper
The development of Russia’s formidable S-500 air defense system is lagging behind schedule by at least two years, the Izvestia daily said on Wednesday citing a defense industry source. According to the source, the first prototypes will be ready and tested by 2015, while the deliveries to the Russian army could start in 2017 at [...]
Thousands of Libya missiles on the loose
At first glance, it seems nothing unusual or hinting of danger — just a few wooden munitions cases piled up in the corner of a vast hangar on the outskirts of Benghazi in eastern Libya. But the cases’ rectangular shape, their size — about that of a coffee table — and the yellow inscriptions in [...]
Iran equips marine forces with cruise missile
Iran has equipped its naval forces with a short range “cruise missile,” able to hit targets in costal areas and warships within “200 kilometres (125 miles), the country’s defence minister was quoted as saying on Wednesday. “Today we are witnessing the equipping of the Guards navy and army navy with ample numbers of the Qader [...]
Secret new Russian missile fails in testing: reports
A new intercontinental Russian missile whose development has been kept as a state secret failed in its first test-firing and crashed back into the launch zone, reports said Wednesday. Reports published on Russian news agencies about the failed test firing from the Plesetsk cosmodrome in northern Russia appeared to be the first indication that the [...]
Russia tests new ballistic missile
Russia carried out on Thursday a successful test of a new sea-based intercontinental ballistic missile, the Defense Ministry said. The Liner missile was launched from the Tula (Delta IV class) strategic submarine in the Barents Sea targeting the Kura test grounds on the Kamchatka peninsula. “The missile’s warheads hit the designated area on schedule,” spokesman [...]
Russia Wants Missile-Defense Legal Guarantees
Russia’s foreign minister has reiterated concerns over U.S. missile-defense plans in Europe, saying his country needs “solid legal guarantees” the deployments won’t upset the strategic and regional nuclear balance. “It is not enough to make statements that the increase in global missile defense capabilities would not undermine the basics of strategic stability,” Foreign Minister Sergei [...]
New Surface to Air Missile Ready for Action: PLA
Official military media for the first time acknowledged Monday that China’s new land-based mid-range Surface to Air Missile (SAM) system has reached operational capability. Military observers say that deployment of this missile system will boost China’s air defense capability. The new SAM system, dubbed by foreign media as the Hongqi-16, or Red Flag-16, has been [...]
