Pakistan Tests Nuclear-Capable Cruise Missile

The Pakistan Army carried out a successful test-firing of a Hatf-7 (Babur) nuclear-capable cruise missile on Monday, DawnNews reported. The launch, the site of which was not disclosed, was made from a mobile launcher according to media reports. Babur, which has a range of 700 km (420 miles) can hit precision targets and employs stealth [...]

Taiwan deploys anti-China missiles: report

Taiwan has for the first time deployed cruise missiles capable of striking key military bases along the southeast coast of the Chinese mainland, local media reported on Monday. Mass production of the Taiwan-made “Hsiungfeng” (Brave Wind) 2E, which have a range of 500 kilometres (300 miles), has been completed and the missiles have come into [...]

West to have 80,000 cruise missiles by 2020

Russian military experts forecast that Western nations will have 80,000 cruise missile by 2020, a deputy commander of the Russian General Staff said on Saturday. “We expect Western countries to have at least 80,000 cruise missiles by 2020, including about 2,000 of them nuclear-powered,” Gen. Igor Sheremet said in an interview with the Ekho Moskvy [...]

Coalition Fires More Missiles at Libyan Targets

A top U.S. military official said the multinational coalition enforcing the no-fly zone over Libya has fired 12 Tomahawk missiles and flew nearly 80 sorties on Monday. The U.S. commander in Africa, General Carter Ham, told reporters Monday that the Tomahawk missiles targeted Libyan command and control stations, a Scud missile facility and air defense [...]

Russian 5G subs to be equipped with ballistic, cruise missiles

Russia’s proposed fifth-generation nuclear submarines will be armed with both ballistic and cruise missiles, a senior Navy source told RIA Novosti on Saturday. He did not specify the names of the missiles. Russia is planning to develop its newest fifth-generation submarine by 2020 under a 2011-2020 arms procurement program, First Deputy Defense Minister Vladimir Popovkin [...]

India’s Future Missiles (Hypersonic, Subsonic Cruise Missiles and Ballistic Missiles) – Part 10

India's Future Missiles (Hypersonic, Subsonic Cruise Missiles and Ballistic Missiles) – Part 10

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India-Russia Extend Defense Cooperation Agreement

The Defence Minister Shri AK Antony will be going on a three day official visit to Moscow on 13 October to attend the 9th meeting of the India-Russia Inter Governmental Commission on Military Technical Cooperation (IRIGC-MTC). The IRIGC-MTC meets annually, alternately in India and Russia, at the level of the Defence Ministers of the two [...]