DefenceTalkTaiwan plans to spend Tw$74.8 billion ($2.5 billion) in the next nine years to acquire anti-missile systems to boost its aerial defences against China, a lawmaker and media said Saturday. The defence ministry aims to purchase the locally-made Tien Kung 3 (Sky Bow 3) surface-to-air missile system between 2015 and 2024 to replace the aging […]https://www.defencetalk.com/taiwan-to-spend-2-5-billion-on-anti-missile-systems-60468/

DefenceTalkRussia’s Air Force is set to receive new aircraft and anti-missile defense systems, as well as to stage large-scale drills by the end of 2014, a Russian Defense Ministry’s Air Force spokesman said. “By the end of the year, the Air Force is to procure planes, helicopters, modern radar stations… It is also being reequipped […]https://www.defencetalk.com/russian-air-force-unveils-arms-procurement-plan-59748/

DefenceTalkIndia successfully test-fired a new anti-ballistic missile on Sunday in a step towards developing a missile defence system which only an elite club of countries has built. India, which shares borders with arch-rival Pakistan and giant China, both of whom are nuclear-armed, is developing the system that aims to shield it against a ballistic missile […]https://www.defencetalk.com/india-test-fires-anti-ballistic-missile-59420/

DefenceTalkTurkey would look again at a US bid for a multi-billion-dollar contract for the country’s first long-range anti-missile system providing Washington agrees to produce it jointly, a top Turkish official said Monday. A “final decision has not been taken,” Turkey’s Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu told reporters, after meeting in Washington with US Defense Secretary Chuck […]https://www.defencetalk.com/us-has-time-to-boost-bid-for-turkey-missile-system-fm-49678/

DefenceTalkTurkey is hoping to finalise negotiations to acquire its first long-range anti-missile system from China in six months’ time, the head of the country’s procurement agency said Thursday. “The immediate goal for us is in about six months to come to a reasonable level in our contract negotiations and to understand whether it’s possible to […]https://www.defencetalk.com/turkey-hopes-to-finalise-china-missile-purchase-in-six-months-49642/

DefenceTalkTurkey said Saturday it was open to new bids in its plan to acquire its first long-range anti-missile system, should its controversial negotiations with China come to nothing. “It is not a finalized deal yet. If US and European companies make us better offers, we will continue to talk with them,” said Foreign Minister Ahmet […]https://www.defencetalk.com/turkey-open-to-new-bids-for-anti-missile-system-49494/

DefenceTalkTurkey on Wednesday defended its decision to enter talks with China to acquire its first long-range anti-missile system, in spite of protests from its ally Washington. It also made clear that no deal had yet been finalized. “The Chinese gave us the best price,” Defence Minister Ismet Yilmaz told Vatan newspaper, explaining that the system’s […]https://www.defencetalk.com/us-ally-turkey-defends-choice-of-chinese-missiles-49276/

DefenceTalkRussia is developing a fifth-generation unmanned fighter jet and a completely new missile defense system which can simultaneously engage several supersonic targets in space, it has been revealed at the MAKS-2013 airshow. The fifth-generation unmanned aircraft, weighing in at around 20 tons, takes after the T-50 fighter jet, with most of its characteristics modeled after […]https://www.defencetalk.com/russia-unveils-plans-for-new-anti-missile-system-5th-generation-fighter-jet-49009/

DefenceTalkThe construction of an advanced early missile warning radar will begin on Tuesday in central Russia to enhance the capabilities of the country’s missile defenses, a Defense Ministry spokesman said. The new Voronezh-class radar will be built near the town of Orsk in the Orenburg region as part of the comprehensive missile early warning network […]https://www.defencetalk.com/russia-begins-construction-of-new-anti-missile-radar-48729/

DefenceTalkSouth Korea said Wednesday it would accelerate the development of longer-range ballistic missiles that could cover the whole of North Korea in response to a third nuclear test by Pyongyang. “We will speed up the development of ballistic missiles with a range of 800 kilometres (500 miles),” Defence Ministry spokesman Kim Min-Seok told reporters. In […]https://www.defencetalk.com/south-korea-to-step-up-missile-defence-after-north-test-46796/