DefenceTalkNorth Korea fired a sixth short-range missile into the Sea of Japan on Monday, defying warnings from UN chief Ban Ki-moon and South Korea after a flurry of similar tests at the weekend. The latest firing was confirmed by the South’s Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS), who said it was unclear if the North was […]https://www.defencetalk.com/north-korea-fires-sixth-missile-in-three-days-47852/

DefenceTalkNorth Korea fired its fourth short-range missile in the past two days into waters off its east coast on Sunday, despite calls for restraint from South Korea and other countries in the region, as well as the United Nations. The latest launch into the Sea of Japan, confirmed by South Korean Defense Ministry officials, follows […]https://www.defencetalk.com/north-korea-test-fires-4th-short-range-missile-47843/

DefenceTalkNorth Korea Sunday test-fired a short-range missile off its east coast, its fourth in two days, despite pleas from South Korea and the UN chief to halt the launches at a time of high tensions. The guided missile was fired into the East Sea (Sea of Japan) on Sunday afternoon, a defence ministry spokesman told […]https://www.defencetalk.com/north-korea-test-fires-another-short-range-missile-47819/

DefenceTalkThe Missile Defense Agency and Navy sailors aboard the USS Lake Erie conducted a successful flight test of the Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense system yesterday, Pentagon officials reported. In the test, the Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense 4.0 weapon system and a Standard Missile 3 Block IB missile intercepted a separating ballistic missile target over the […]https://www.defencetalk.com/missile-defense-system-completes-successful-intercept-test-47806/

DefenceTalkA French test of an M51 submarine-launched ballistic missile failed on Sunday as it self-destructed off the coast of Brittany, officials said. “It was a failure, the reasons will be determined by an investigation,” said Lieutenant Commander Lionel Delort, a spokesman for the Atlantic Naval Prefecture. He said the missile “self-destructed during its first propulsion […]https://www.defencetalk.com/french-m51-ballistic-missile-self-destructs-in-failed-test-47689/

DefenceTalkLockheed Martin’s PAC-3 Missile successfully detected, tracked and intercepted a tactical ballistic missile (TBM) in a Lower Tier Project Office flight test today at White Sands Missile Range, N.M. Two PAC-3 Missiles were ripple-fired in the test per current doctrine. The first interceptor destroyed the target and the second PAC-3 Missile self-destructed as planned. Mission […]https://www.defencetalk.com/lockheed-pac-3-missile-intercepts-and-destroys-tactical-ballistic-missile-in-new-test-47464/

DefenceTalkThe Iranian Military has successfully test-fired three new domestically produced missiles, the Fars News Agency reported on Saturday. “Three types of missiles developed by the Army and the Defense Industries have been successfully test-fired in the Ground Force’s recent wargames,” the agency quoted Commander of the Iranian Army’s Ground Force Lt. Gen. Kioumars Heydari as […]https://www.defencetalk.com/iran-test-fires-three-new-missiles-47472/

DefenceTalkThe 40th Flight Test Squadron completed another first in February when an A-10 Thunderbolt II fired a guided rocket that impacted only inches away from its intended target. The 2.75 diameter, 35-pound, laser-guided rocket is known as the fixed-wing Advanced Precision Kill Weapon System II. Before the Thunderbolt test, the rocket had proved effective in […]https://www.defencetalk.com/a-10-fires-first-ever-laser-guided-rocket-47342/

DefenceTalkLockheed Martin’s Extended Area Protection and Survivability (EAPS) program successfully conducted the first Guided Test Flight to characterize the seeker, guidance, navigation and control systems of its Miniature Hit-to-Kill (MHTK) interceptor. The very small and agile interceptor is designed to defeat Rocket, Artillery and Mortar (RAM) targets at ranges greatly exceeding those of current systems. […]https://www.defencetalk.com/eaps-completes-miniature-hit-to-kill-interceptor-flight-test-47269/

DefenceTalkIndia successfully test fired a submarine-launched version of the BrahMos supersonic cruise missile on Wednesday, the BrahMos Aerospace Russian-Indian company said. The missile was launched vertically from a submerged platform in the Bay of Bengal and flew its complete range of over 290 kilometers, BrahMos chief executive Sivathanu Pillai said. Ship- and ground-launched versions of […]https://www.defencetalk.com/india-tests-submarine-launched-supersonic-missile-47214/