DefenceTalkU.S. intelligence officials visiting Capitol Hill today reported to the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission on the steady progress made by the People’s Liberation Army Air Force and the implications of that development to the United States. Donald L. Fuell, National Air and Space Intelligence Center force modernization and employment technical director at Wright-Patterson […]https://www.defencetalk.com/us-official-discusses-chinese-air-force-missile-trends-50228/

DefenceTalkThe US military has suspended 34 officers in charge of launching nuclear missiles for cheating on a proficiency test, Air Force leaders said Wednesday. The scandal at Malmstrom Air Force Base in Montana marked the latest in a series of damaging revelations dogging the country’s nuclear force, including a separate probe into illegal drugs that […]https://www.defencetalk.com/us-suspends-34-nuclear-missile-officers-over-exam-cheating-50110/

DefenceTalkThe Russian military plans to test around 70 types of rocket and missile weaponry at a major testing site this year, a Defense Ministry spokesman has said. The testing program at the Kapustin Yar range in southern Russia will include about 300 launches of rockets, missiles, and aerial drones as part of more than 180 […]https://www.defencetalk.com/russia-to-test-70-new-rockets-and-missiles-in-2014-50028/

DefenceTalkRussia revealed on Monday that its armed forces had moved nuclear-capable Iskander missiles closer to Europe’s borders in response to the US-led deployment of a disputed air defence shield. The advanced version of the Russian missile has a range of 500 kilometres (310 miles) and could potentially be used to take out ground-based radar and […]https://www.defencetalk.com/russia-moves-nuclear-capable-missiles-closer-to-eu-49951/

DefenceTalkRaytheon’s Patriot Air and Missile Defense System test fired nine Patriot missiles at McGregor Range, N.M., during its annual Field Surveillance Program (FSP), successfully engaging inbound and outbound unmanned air breathing targets. This was the first FSP conducted with the PAC-2 missiles, using the recently launched Post Deployment Build-7 (PDB-7) software and the modernized radar […]https://www.defencetalk.com/patriot-missiles-demonstrate-field-readiness-49949/

DefenceTalkNorth Korea has resumed construction work on a missile launch site on its northeast coast after a months-long hiatus, part of a renewed push for its nuclear and missile programs, according to a US think-tank. Recent satellite imagery shows work has resumed on new facilities at the North’s Tonghae launch site, the US-Korea Institute of […]https://www.defencetalk.com/north-korea-resumes-missile-site-construction-us-institute-49782/

DefenceTalkEurofighter partner company Alenia Aermacchi has confirmed that the first in a major series of flight tests to integrate the MBDA Storm Shadow missile onto Eurofighter Typhoon has now taken place. Initial flight trials to demonstrate that the missile can be safely carried have been successfully started. The trials began on 27th November, by the […]https://www.defencetalk.com/eurofighter-typhoon-flight-tests-with-storm-shadow-missile-started-49762/

DefenceTalkIsraeli and US defence officials on Wednesday carried out an advanced test of a new system against short-range missiles, the defence ministry said. The defence agencies of both states “completed a successful intercept test of the David’s Sling Weapon System against a short-range ballistic missile today,” it said in a statement. A year ago the […]https://www.defencetalk.com/israel-tests-short-range-missile-defence-system-49699/

DefenceTalkThe head of Russia’s state industrial holding company said on Monday that Moscow was on the verge of reaching a landmark agreement to deliver air defence systems to Egypt’s army. Rostec chief Sergey Chemezov’s comments came in the wake of a visit to Cairo last week by Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and Defence Minister […]https://www.defencetalk.com/russia-and-egypt-on-verge-of-missile-deal-moscow-49682/

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/