DefenceTalkPakistan announced Thursday that it had successfully conducted another test-firing of a nuclear-capable, submarine-launched cruise missile (SLCM), which has a range of 450 kilometers. The indigenously developed Babur missile was fired from an underwater platform and “engaged its target with precise accuracy,” a military statement said. The rocket is capable of delivering “various types of […]https://www.defencetalk.com/pakistan-tests-sub-launched-nuclear-capable-cruise-missile-71599/

DefenceTalkPakistan Navy and Air Force jointly conducted long-range anti-ship cruise missile firings in North Arabian Sea, demonstrating its fire power and combat readiness. Pakistan’s Chief of Naval Staff Admiral Zafar Mahmood Abbasi and Chief of Air Staff Air Chief Marshal Sohail Aman witnessed the live weapon firing on board Pakistan Navy Ship Nasr on Monday. […]https://www.defencetalk.com/pakistan-navy-air-force-test-fire-anti-ship-cruise-missile-71547/

DefenceTalkIn his State of the Nation Address to the Federal Assembly on March 1, 2018, Russian President Vladimir Putin said that Russia’s Defense Ministry had launched an active phase jointly with enterprises of the rocket and space industry to test a new missile system with the Sarmat heavy intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM). The RS-28 Sarmat […]https://www.defencetalk.com/key-facts-about-russias-advanced-sarmat-icbm-system-71539/

DefenceTalkRussia has launched tests of new promising missile complex Sarmat, Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday during his annual State of the Nation Address. “We have launched the development of the new generation of missiles, and, in particular, the Defense Ministry jointly with the missile and space industry launched the active phase of tests […]https://www.defencetalk.com/russia-begins-tests-of-promising-sarmat-missile-complex-71532/

DefenceTalkRussian President Vladimir Putin’s claim to have developed a new generation of missile that is impervious to any Western shield has highlighted a gap in America’s already imperfect missile-defense network. In a national address Thursday, Putin described several advances in missile technology, including a hypersonic weapon that can fly at many times the speed of […]https://www.defencetalk.com/us-missile-defense-system-not-ready-for-hypersonic-threats-71529/

DefenceTalkMore than 2,500 U.S. personnel will take part in a joint exercise with Israel next month aimed at improving interoperability, a Pentagon spokesman told reporters today. Juniper Cobra is a U.S. European Command missile defense exercise with the Israel Defense Forces that will take place March 4 to March 15, Army Col. Rob Manning said. […]https://www.defencetalk.com/upcoming-joint-us-israeli-exercise-aims-to-improve-interoperability-71519/

DefenceTalkYUMA PROVING GROUND, Arizona: Aviation testers here are deep into testing the latest Army aviation missile, known as the Joint Air-to-Ground Missile. The complex JAGM test was a collaborative team effort between the West Fort Hood, Texas-based Aviation Test Directorate of the U.S. Army Operational Test Command, Yuma Test Center at Yuma Proving Ground, Arizona, […]https://www.defencetalk.com/us-army-aviators-testing-next-generation-air-to-ground-missile-71480/

DefenceTalkEven as the Pentagon hustles to ensure that its defenses keep pace with North Korea’s fast-growing rocket program, US officials increasingly are turning attention to a new generation of missile threat. These weapons under development by China and Russia — as well as by the United States — can fly at many times the speed […]https://www.defencetalk.com/pentagon-looks-to-counter-rivals-hypersonic-missiles-71476/

DefenceTalkThe Russian military test fired an upgraded air defense missile at the firing range Sary-Shagan in Kazakhstan, Russian newspaper Krasnaya Zvezda reported on Monday. “We have successfully test fired a new upgraded air defense missile,” the newspaper quoted Andrei Prikhodko, the deputy commander of Aerospace Forces’ air and missile defense task force, as saying. “The […]https://www.defencetalk.com/russian-military-test-fires-new-upgraded-air-defense-missile-71453/

DefenceTalkChina launched its first ground-based midcourse missile defense interception test in four years on Monday, a move experts said would further improve China’s long-range missile defense capability during wartime. The test met expectations and was conducted in Chinese territory, the Defense Ministry said in an online statement on Tuesday. The test was defensive in nature […]https://www.defencetalk.com/china-tests-ground-missile-defense-system-71435/