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Russia deploys new missile system in Chechnya
A new missile system has been deployed in Russia’s Northern Caucasus republic of Chechnya, a senior military official said on Wednesday. The Barnaul-T system will be hooked up to Russia’s Glonass sat-nav system. “The new system makes for better coordination of the actions of missile defenses on all levels, and also increases their mobility and [...]
After Successful Interception, Iron Dome Batteries Remain On Alert
Even after the successful interception by the Iron Dome system of a rocket fired from the Gaza Strip last Friday, the soldiers of the Israel Air Force’s Aerial Defense Network continue to be prepared and ready. The battery that protects the Ashdod area continues to be on full alert for the firing of more missiles, [...]
5,000 surface-to-air missiles secured in Libya: US
A top US official said on Sunday that a team of US and Libyan bomb disposal experts has secured about 5,000 surface-to-air missiles stockpiled during the regime of Moamer Kadhafi. “We have identified, disbanded and secured more than 5,000 MANPADS (Man-Portable Air Defence Systems), while thousands more have been destroyed during NATO bombing,” Andrew Shapiro, [...]
NATO, Russia at Odds Over Missile Shield
Russia has warned NATO that it is forcing a new arms race by deploying a missile defense shield in Europe. Russian Chief of Staff General Nikolai Makarov told a group of foreign military attaches Wednesday that the NATO defense shield poses a risk to his country’s strategic nuclear defenses. He said that will inevitably lead [...]
NATO tells Russia missile response a waste of money
NATO’s chief urged Moscow on Wednesday to refrain from wasting money on countering an “artificial enemy” as alliance foreign ministers met to calm Russian fears over a European missile shield. NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen said the alliance still wants to reach a deal with Russia to cooperate on the system after President Dmitry [...]
EDA Precision Guided Ammunition Study Delivers Final Report
The final report of EDA’s Precision Guided Ammunition (PGA) Roadmap and Implementation Plan study was presented to the member states on 29th November 2011. The report is the result of an analysis of expected future requirements for Precision Engagement and the technological and industrial capabilities in Europe to fulfill them. It provides a number of [...]
WWII bombs defused after 45,000 evacuated in German city
Bomb disposal experts on Sunday defused two World War II bombs after the evacuation of about 45,000 people from their homes in the western German city of Koblenz, officials said. A 1.8-tonne British bomb and a smaller US bomb were successfully de-activated, the fire service said, after their discovery in the River Rhine when water [...]
Lockheed Martin Tests New Scalable Warhead on GMLRS-Plus Rocket
Lockheed Martin has tested a new Guided Multiple Launch Rocket System-Plus (GMLRS+) ‘scalable effects’ warhead, which enables users to select the range of the warhead’s detonation power depending on the target. “The ‘scalable effects’ warhead was set to low-yield prior to the flight and scored a direct hit on the target,” said Scott Arnold, vice [...]
Russia “Fires” A Shot At U.S. Theater Missile Defense Plan
In 2009 the Obama Administration cancelled the plan to deploy a version of the U.S. national missile defense system in Europe, the so-called Third Site. Instead, the White House proposed a tailored regional missile defense based on its Phased Adaptive Architecture (PAA) concept that sought to leverage relatively mature and cost effective technologies in a [...]
