DefenceTalkNorthrop Grumman Corporation delivered the first Common Infrared Countermeasures (CIRCM) missile defense systems to the U.S. Army earlier this year. The systems were delivered under an engineering and manufacturing development contract awarded in 2015 to produce the next generation of aircraft survivability equipment to defend against man-portable air-defense systems and other heat-seeking munitions. Prior to […]https://www.defencetalk.com/northrop-grumman-delivers-first-circm-systems-to-us-army-68298/

DefenceTalkWith a shared vision for the Wisła medium-range air defense program, MEADS International (MI) and Polska Grupa Zbrojeniowa (PGZ) have signed a Letter of Intent to explore cooperation and mutually beneficial business opportunities related to the program. This agreement includes the opportunity for PGZ to take a partnership role with MI alongside Lockheed Martin and […]https://www.defencetalk.com/meads-pgz-in-joint-bid-for-polands-air-defense-deal-68114/

DefenceTalkJapan’s newly appointed defence minister on Monday ordered the nation’s military to be ready to destroy any missiles fired by North Korea that threaten the country, local media reported. Tomomi Inada issued the order, public broadcaster NHK said, without mentioning any indication that Pyongyang is preparing to launch such a missile. Last week Prime Minister […]https://www.defencetalk.com/japan-military-on-alert-to-destroy-n-korea-missile-67970/

DefenceTalkWith the televised demonstration of China’s latest system of intercepting incoming ballistic missiles during the intermediate stage of their flight, it looks like the People’s Republic is poised to become the second country after the US to deploy a missile shield. In an interview with Sputnik, Vasily Kashin, a Moscow-based military expert, said that in […]https://www.defencetalk.com/china-mulls-ramping-up-its-missile-defense-with-russia-67958/

DefenceTalkIranian Defense Minister Brigadier General Hossein Dehghan confirmed the receiving of Russian-built S-300 surface-to-air missile (SAM) systems, the Tasnim news agency has reported, referring to a source in the majlis (Iran’s parliament). According to the source, at the latest session of the parliamentary defense and foreign policy committee, the defense minister “confirmed the reception of […]https://www.defencetalk.com/iran-confirms-delivery-of-russian-made-s-300-missile-systems-67872/

DefenceTalkNorth Korea threatened Monday to take “physical action” after Washington and Seoul announced they would deploy a sophisticated US anti-missile defence system to counter the growing menace from Pyongyang. Seoul and Washington on Friday revealed their decision to deploy the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) system in the South following recent North Korean missile […]https://www.defencetalk.com/north-korea-threatens-action-over-us-anti-missile-system-67818/

DefenceTalkMoscow on Sunday slammed NATO for focusing on a “non-existent” threat from Russia at a leaders summit in Warsaw that saw fears over the Kremlin’s expansionism high on the agenda. “A preliminary analysis of the results of the meeting shows that NATO continues to exist in some sort of military-political looking-glass world,” the foreign ministry […]https://www.defencetalk.com/moscow-blasts-nato-focus-on-non-existent-russia-threat-67814/

DefenceTalkThe United States is to deploy an advanced missile defence system in South Korea, the two sides said Friday, as North Korea warned the latest US sanctions against its leader amounted to a “declaration of war”. News of the unprecedented sanctions targeting Kim Jong-Un came as North Korea marked 22 years since the death of […]https://www.defencetalk.com/us-to-deploy-missiles-in-south-korea-as-north-korea-riled-67804/

DefenceTalkPolish Defense Minister Antoni Macierewicz on Monday said he would ink a letter of intent with US defense firm Raytheon to buy a Patriot missile system valued at an estimated 5 billion euros ($5.6 billion). The EU member’s previous government had said in April it planned to buy the Patriot system, but soon after coming […]https://www.defencetalk.com/poland-moves-towards-multi-billion-euro-patriot-missile-deal-67772/

DefenceTalkRussia’s Army has received another set of the Iskander-M (NATO reporting name: SS-26 Stone) tactical ballistic missile system, the press office of the Machine-Building Design Bureau told TASS. The Machine-Building Design Bureau, part of Russia’s Precision Systems Group, is the producer of the Iskander-M tactical ballistic missile system. “The entire set of the tactical ballistic […]https://www.defencetalk.com/russian-army-receives-more-iskander-m-tactical-ballistic-missile-system-67746/