The British Army is to get a new ground-based air defense missile under the program name FLAADS to replace the aging Rapier system following the signing of a development and manufacture deal by the Defence Ministry and MBDA last month. A British MoD spokeswomen confirmed a program worth £228 million (US $343 million) had been […]

The first image new Russian air defense systems S-500. The S-500 is a new generation surface-to-air missile system, designed for intercepting intercontinental ballistic missiles and for defense against Airborne Early Warning and Control, Airborne Warning and Control System, and jamming aircraft. It is not an upgraded version of the S-400. With a planned range of […]

South Korea plans to conduct its first missile defense drill in the first half of next year to test the effectiveness of locally developed defense programs in the face of North Korea’s missile and nuclear threats, as reported by the Korea Herald on Monday, December 29. South Korea has been developing its own Kill-Chain and […]

Russian Strategic Arms Forces on Friday successfully test launched a Yars solid fuel intercontinental ballistic missile from its Plesetsk Space Complex in the country’s northwest, an official spokesman for the Strategic Arms Forces said. “On December 26, 2014, at 11:02 Moscow time [08:02 GMT]…a test launch of an RS-24 Yars solid fuel intercontinental ballistic missile […]

The 100-ton Sarmat ICBM with an operational range of no less than 5,500 kilometers is to replace the military’s current Satans between 2018 and 2020. MOSCOW, December 25 (Sputnik) – Russia will deploy its new silo-based heavy ballistic Sarmat missiles in the Orenburg Region and Krasnoyarsk Territory, Strategic Missile Forces Commander Col.Gen. Sergei Karakayev said […]

In Novosibirsk air defense division of Russian armed force to receive the new S-400 air defense missile system in summer 2015. New S-400 Triumf air defense systems will be supplied to 12 missile regiments of Russia’s Aerospace Defence Forces by 2020, their spokesperson, Colonel Alexei Zolotukhin said on Monday. Until the end of this year, […]

According to Defence24, commission organized by the Polish Armament Inspectorate has tested, with a positive result, the sample batch of the Poprad self-propelled VSHORAD anti aircraft systems, which has been manufactured by the PIT-RADWAR SA company. Scope of the additional hand-off-acceptance examination included test firing and assessment of the remarks and recommendations contained within the […]

The Belarusian army will get four S-300 surface-to-air missile systems from Russia next year, Russian ambassador to Belarus Alexander Surikov said in Minsk on Wednesday. Russia also plans to increase the number of combat aircraft deployed in Belarus to 12, and the number of trainer aircraft to two. “And the first wing of four military […]

New ukrainian multifunctional missile complex to start production in 2015, reported industrial-news.com. Temporary Acting Chairman of the State Space Agency of Ukraine Oleksandr Golub signed a plan to start pre-production of the new multifunctional missile complex in 2015-2016 years. Development of system-missile weapons remains a key priority for the Ukrainian Ministry of Defense. New tactical […]

Thailand’s Defence Technology Institute (DTi), the Thai Ministry of Defence’s (MoD’s) primary research and development arm, has signed an accord with the Royal Thai Army (RTA) to further develop and manufacture an indigenous 122 mm multiple rocket launcher (MRL) known as DTi-2. A memorandum of agreement (MoA) signed by the two parties on 9 December […]