Archive for Category: "Missiles & Bombs News"
CRS: South Asian Warheads Not Mated With Missiles
UPI, Most observers believe that neither Pakistan nor India has so far deployed nuclear warheads combined with delivery systems, says the latest congressional report on nuclear threat in South Asia. The report by the Congressional Research Service, which provides policy guidelines to U.S. lawmakers, says that India and Pakistan accelerated nuclear weapons development, and possibly, [...]
NATO and Russia to Conduct Joint Theatre Missile Defence Exercise
NATO, Under the aegis of the NATO-Russia Council (NRC), the Theatre Missile Defence Ad Hoc Working Group will conduct the second in a series of joint NATO-Russia TMD Command Post Exercises – 'Collaborative Arrow 05' – from 14-23 March 2005 at Airbase De Peel, the Netherlands. The first exercise was conducted in March 2004 at [...]
China to have 800 missiles aimed at Taiwan in 2006: defense minister
AFP, TAIPEI: The number of Chinese ballistic missiles targeting Taiwan is expected to reach at least 800 next year, the island's defense minister Lee Jye said Wednesday. The People's Liberation Army currently has 700 ballistic missiles deployed opposite Taiwan, Lee said in his first report to the new session of parliament. “The number is estimated [...]
Taiwanese man caught selling missile parts to Libya
AFP, A Taiwanese businessman has been arrested for allegedly smuggling missile components to Libya, a prosecutor said on Friday. Hsieh Chin-yi, who ran a trade company in northern Taoyuan county, had exported missile parts disguised as general merchandise to Libya since 1999, said Chang Chin-feng, a spokesman for Taoyuan public prosecutors' office. “He violated trade [...]
Canada opts out of US missile defense program
AFP, MONTREAL: In a move that could strain ties with its powerful neighbor to the south, Canada said Thursday it will not participate in a US plans, widely opposed here, to deploy a missile defense shield covering North America.Relations had appeared to warm of late after cooling with the US-led invasion of Iraq in early [...]
North Korea develops new longer range missiles
AFP, SEOUL: North Korea has developed new Scud missiles with a longer range and a higher degree of precision largely for targetting South Korea, a news report said. The “Scud-ER” missile has a range of 600 kilometers (360 miles) to 1,000, double the ranges of North Korea's existing Scuds, the Chosun Ilbo, Seoul's largest-circulation daily [...]
New Russian Topol Missile Makes U.S. Defenses Obsolete
http://www.mosnews.com, Russia has tested a ballistic missile that would render the United States Star Wars scheme useless, a U.S. expert has said. The SS-27 Topol-M mobile ballistic missile It is too fast to hit right after takeoff unless the interceptor is lucky enough to be really close to the launch pad, former arms inspector in [...]
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Hybrid Rocket Successfully Tested
US Air Force, EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE, Calif: A large hybrid rocket motor was successfully fired on its test stand here recently. The test took place on a Air Force Research Laboratory test stand overlooking Edwards


