DefenceTalkIsrael and the United States on Tuesday tested the Jewish state’s Arrow 3 ballistic missile interception system, the defence ministry said, with local media reporting the trial was cut short. “A target missile was successfully launched and tracked by the Arrow Weapon System, as part of the planned joint testing program,” the ministry said in […]https://www.defencetalk.com/israel-us-in-abortive-missile-defence-test-61176/

DefenceTalkIndia on Tuesday test-fired its nuclear capable strategic missile Agni-4 from a test range off eastern state of Odisha’s coast. Supported by a mobile launcher, the sleek missile was flight tested from the launch complex-4 of Integrated Test Range at Wheeler Island, at about 10:20 a.m. local time, local media reported. The test conducted by […]https://www.defencetalk.com/india-test-fires-nuclear-capable-strategic-missile-61113/

DefenceTalkPakistan on Thursday conducted a successful training launch of intermediate range Shaheen-II (Hatf-VI) ballistic missile, the Inter Services Public Relations (ISPR) reported. The successful launch was the culminating point of the Field Training Exercise of Army Strategic Forces Command. The ISPR further added that the purpose of the launch was to ensure operational readiness of […]https://www.defencetalk.com/pakistan-successfully-test-fires-hatf-vi-ballistic-missile-60998/

DefenceTalkIn partnership with the Missile Defense Agency, a U.S. Navy destroyer successfully engaged ballistic and cruise missile targets simultaneously with a Raytheon-made (RTN) Standard Missile-3 and Standard Missile-2s in a complex integrated air and missile defense exercise. “This test showcases the U.S.’s ability to defend against numerous ballistic and cruise missile threats in ‘raid’ scenarios,” […]https://www.defencetalk.com/sm-3-sm-2s-take-on-ballistic-cruise-missile-targets-during-simulated-missile-attack-exercise-60971/

DefenceTalkRussia has successfully tested a submarine-based inter-continental ballistic missile (ICBM), the Defense Ministry said Wednesday. “The Sineva ICBM was launched from the underwater position. The warhead reached targets at the Kura range on the Kamchatka Peninsula,” the ministry’s press service said. The Sineva was launched by the Tula nuclear-powered submarine in the Barents Sea, a […]https://www.defencetalk.com/russia-test-fires-submarine-based-icbm-60962/

DefenceTalkThe Russian Strategic Missile Forces test-fired on Saturday a Topol-M intercontinental ballistic missile from a launch site in northwestern Russia, the country’s Defense Ministry said. “The (MBR) RT-2PM2 ,Topol-M’, a silo-based intercontinental ballistic missile, was launched on November 1, at 9:20 a.m. [local time, or 6:20 GMT] from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome,” the ministry said in […]https://www.defencetalk.com/russia-test-fires-topol-m-intercontinental-ballistic-missile-60954/

DefenceTalkThe French DGA (Direction Générale d’Armement) has successfully carried out the final qualification firing of the MdCN system (Missile de Croisière Naval, also known as NCM or Naval Cruise Missile). The firing, which took place on 27th October 2014 at the DGA’s “Missile Test Centre” at Biscarrosse (Landes) on France’s Atlantic coast, represented a missile […]https://www.defencetalk.com/successful-final-qualification-firing-for-mdcn-60886/

DefenceTalkOn October 15, MBDA completed the firing campaign to validate the series production of the Milan ER, as jointly scheduled with export customers. Four totally successful firings against fixed and moving targets confirmed the performance capabilities of the firing post, of the missile as well as of the warhead. This final technical step follows the […]https://www.defencetalk.com/mbdas-milan-er-serial-missiles-pass-first-firing-tests-60812/

DefenceTalkIndia successfully test-fired its first domestically built nuclear-capable long-range cruise missile Friday, marking another step in building up the country´s defence prowess. The “Nirbhay”, or “fearless”, missile blasted off from a mobile launcher at the Integrated Missile Test Range in Chandipur in the eastern state of Orissa, the Press Trust of India reported. “The trial […]https://www.defencetalk.com/india-test-fires-first-home-made-cruise-missile-60771/

DefenceTalkChina has flight tested an upgraded version of its 10,000-km range Dongfeng missile which could reach most of the US and European cities, days ahead of its October 1st National Day to demonstrate its nuclear capability, media reports said. The People’s Liberation Army, (PLA) launched a Dongfeng-31B on September 25 from the Wuzhai Missile and […]https://www.defencetalk.com/china-test-fires-10000-km-range-nuclear-missile-df-31b-60687/