Archive for Category: "Missiles & Bombs News"
Pakistan Missile Test Not Alarming: US State Dept
AFP, Washington: Pakistan's first cruise missile test was conducted in a way that was not provocative, a US State Department spokesman said Thursday, although Pakistan did not give advance warning to rival India. “It's important to us that actions by states on the subcontinent are done in ways that aren't provocative, in ways that aren't [...]
UPDATE: Pakistan Test-Fires Its First Cruise Missile
Voice of America News / DefenceNews.info, ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has successfully tested its first ground-fired cruise missile, capable of carrying nuclear and conventional weapons. Pakistani military officials say the cruise missile was fired early Thursday, but they did not disclose the launch site. The rocket, called Babur, is said to be capable of carrying both nuclear [...]
First batch of Russian missile air defense for Vietnam
RIA Novosti, MOSCOW: Russian company Almaz-Antei has completed its first delivery of the S-300PMU1 missile air defense system to Vietnam, the company press-service said Thursday. The deliveries are being made in accordance with a contract signed on August 8, 2003 between Russian arms trade monopolist Rosoboronexport and the Vietnamese government. Missile air defense system S-300 [...]
Loitering Attack Missile to be Built Quicker and Cheaper
Lockheed Martin, DALLAS, TX: Lockheed Martin has completed two aggressive cost reduction workshops for the Non Line-of-Sight
Orbital Successfully Launches MDA Target Vehicle
Orbital, Dulles VA: Orbital Sciences announced Monday that it successfully launched a medium-range target vehicle that supported the U.S. Missile Defense Agency's (MDA) Critical Measurements and Countermeasures Program, Campaign 1 (CMCM-1). The launch of Orbital's medium-range Castor IVB target vehicle originated from Kauai Test Facility at the Pacific Missile Range Facility on August 4, 2005. [...]
TOW-2A/B Anti-armor Guided Missiles For Kuwait
US Defense Security Cooperation Agency, On 4 August 2005, the Defense Security Cooperation Agency notified Congress of a possible Foreign Military Sale to Kuwait of 436 TOW-2A/B Anti-armor Guided Missiles as well as associated equipment and services. The total value, if all options are exercised, could be as high as $19 million. The Government of [...]
First SLAM-ER Missile for Republic of Korea
Boeing Co, ST. LOUIS: The first Boeing Standoff Land Attack Missile-Expanded Response (SLAM-ER) for the Republic of Korea Air Force (ROKAF) rolled out recently during a ceremony at Boeing's Weapons Enterprise Capability Center in St. Charles, Mo. The Republic of Korea is the SLAM-ER's first international customer. The ROKAF will use the SLAM-ER on its [...]
Test of the upgraded guidance and control system for ATACMS Missile
Lockheed Martin, DALLAS: Lockheed Martin recently completed its third consecutive successful test of a new upgraded guidance and control system in conjunction with an improved fuze of the Army Tactical Missile System (ATACMS) at White Sands Missile Range, NM. The test successfully validated the new guidance upgrade and its interaction with an improved fuze which [...]
New Technologies for Future Intercontinental Ballistic Missile Systems
Aerojet, SACRAMENTO: Aerojet, a GenCorp Inc. company, announced today that it won a contract from the U.S. Air Force to develop new solid rocket motor technologies for application on future Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (ICBM) Systems. In the first six-month phase, Aerojet will conduct analyses to evaluate solid rocket motor (SRM) technologies balancing cost and performance [...]


