DefenceTalkThe Russian military has carried out successful field testing of a new rocket with maneuverability capability for the S-400 surface-to-air air defense system, Aerospace Defense Forces told Russian Radio on Saturday. “Testing is still underway at present. Three days ago we successfully carried out testing of a maneuverable surface-to-air missile which successfully hit its target,” […]https://www.defencetalk.com/russia-conducts-field-testing-of-maneuverable-s-400-missile-63934/

DefenceTalkRussian Strategic Missile Forces will parry all nuclear attacks and punish the enemy with a devastating retaliatory strike. The Russian Strategic Missile Forces are prepared to shield the country from a nuclear attack under any circumstances, the SMF Central Command’s chief said. “If we have to accomplish a task of repelling a “lightning-speed” nuclear strike, […]https://www.defencetalk.com/russias-smf-ready-to-repel-a-lightning-speed-nuclear-strike-63349/

DefenceTalkThe Russian Pacific Ocean Fleet along with military forces from the country’s northeast has kicked off impromptu training exercises with some of its units on the Kamchatka Peninsula with approximately 2,500 servicemen, the Eastern Military Region’s press service said Tuesday. “During the check by the headquarters of the combinations and unions, as well as by […]https://www.defencetalk.com/russian-military-to-fire-iskander-missiles-during-pacific-ocean-drills-62874/

DefenceTalkThe Strategic Missile Forces (SMF) of Russia are planning to conduct over 100 drills at various levels in 2015, SMF spokesperson Col. Igor Yegorov said Sunday. “In 2015, SMF will conduct over 100 command and staff, tactical and specialized drills. The drills will be conducted in complex and tense conditions,” Yegorov told the press. The […]https://www.defencetalk.com/russias-strategic-missile-forces-to-conduct-over-100-drills-in-2015-61886/

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/

DefenceTalkRussia has successfully test-fired a Bulava submarine-launched ballistic missile (SLBM) from the Borey-class Yury Dolgoruky nuclear-powered submarine, the Russian Defense Ministry said Wednesday. The missile was launched from the submerged submarine at a location in the Barents Sea and hit a designated target at the Kura test range on Russia’s Kamchatka peninsula, the ministry said […]https://www.defencetalk.com/russia-test-fires-bulava-sea-based-ballistic-missile-60912/

DefenceTalkRussia on Tuesday carried out a successful test-launch of an intercontinental ballistic missile, news agencies reported citing the defence ministry, amid a standoff between Moscow and the West over Ukraine. Interfax and ITAR-TASS quoted the defence ministry as saying a successful test of the RS-12M Topol ICBM had been carried out from Russia’s Kapustin Yar […]https://www.defencetalk.com/russia-conducts-test-launch-of-ballistic-missile-59655/

DefenceTalkRussia test-fired an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) from a test site in southern Russia on Tuesday evening, a Russian defense ministry spokesman said. Kapustin Yar is about 450 km (280 miles) east of the Ukrainian border. The launch coincided with reports of large deployments of apparently Russia-commanded troops in Crimea, which President Vladimir Putin denied […]https://www.defencetalk.com/russia-test-fires-icbm-to-target-in-kazakhstan-58927/

DefenceTalkThe United States has raised concerns with Moscow over a reported Russian test of a cruise missile and is evaluating whether it breaks a 1987 treaty, a US official said Thursday. Washington has raised “the possibility of… a violation,” State Department spokeswoman Jen Psaki said, amid reports that Russia had tested a new ground-launched cruise […]https://www.defencetalk.com/us-warns-moscow-of-concern-over-cruise-missile-test-50215/