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Turkey says missile launched from Iran destroyed by NATO
Mar 05, 2026 (AFP)
The defence ministry said it had been "engaged and neutralised by NATO air-and-missile defence assets deployed in the eastern Mediterranean". It did not specify...
Hypersonica completes milestone hypersonic missile flight test in Norway
Feb 17, 2026 (SPX)
The Anglo-German defense and aerospace company reported that its missile prototype accelerated to speeds above Mach 6 and flew more than 300 kilometers during t...
Raytheon advances next generation short range interceptor with ballistic test
Feb 03, 2026 (SPX)
According to Raytheon, the latest event represents another successful ballistic test for its NGSRI solution and showed that the interceptor can track drone targ...
Russian strikes kill 4, wound two dozen in Ukraine
Jan 27, 2026 (AFP)
President Volodymyr Zelensky said the latest bombardment undermined peace efforts and urged his allies to step up pressure on Moscow to end the war, which is gr...
Japan and US agree to expand cooperation on missiles, military drills
Jan 16, 2026 (AFP)
The agreement came after Japanese defence minister Shinjiro Koizumi met Pentagon chief Pete Hegseth in Washington, where they also pledged to further cooperatio...
Russia claims Oreshnik missile hit Ukrainian aviation plant
Jan 12, 2026 (AFP)
Moscow said it fired the Oreshnik in response to its allegations that Ukraine attempted to hit one of President Vladimir Putin's residences in a drone strike, s...
North Korea's Kim touts new rocket launchers that could target South
Dec 30, 2025 (AFP)
The country is still technically at war with the South and "saturation" strikes by its vast artillery arsenal have long been believed to be central to its strat...
North Korea's Kim orders factories to make more missiles in 2026
Dec 26, 2025 (AFP)
Pyongyang has significantly increased missile testing in recent years -- aimed, analysts say, at improving precision strike capabilities, challenging the United...
Denmark starts work on rocket fuel facility for Ukraine
Dec 02, 2025 (AFP)
Russia has repeatedly targeted arms factories in Ukraine since it invaded in 2022, forcing the country to look abroad for secure locations to manufacture defenc...
Sweden beefs up air defence in rearmament push
Nov 25, 2025 (AFP)
The country will invest some two billion kronor to purchase IRIS-T surface-to-air short-range missiles, and 1.5 billion kronor for the vehicles used to deploy t...
China slams Japan's plans to deploy missiles near Taiwan
Nov 24, 2025 (AFP)
Japanese media on Sunday quoted Japan's defence minister Shinjiro Koizumi as saying that the planned deployment of the missiles on Yonaguni island -- which is c...
Russian missile attack kills teenager in eastern Ukraine
Nov 18, 2025 (AFP)
Moscow has been intensifying its daily drone and missile barrages in recent months, targeting Ukraine's energy infrastructure and hitting a number of civilian s...
Russia strike on Kyiv apartment block kills six, Ukraine says
Nov 14, 2025 (AFP)
A Russian drone attack on a market in southern Ukraine hours later killed two more people, authorities said. Ukraine also fired missiles into Russian territory ...
Zelensky meets Macron seeking air defence deal for Ukraine: AFP
Nov 14, 2025 (AFP)
Zelensky, who has suffered setbacks over the last week due to a corruption scandal at home and Russian forces closing in on the Ukrainian city of Pokrovsk, wrot...
Russia says foiled Ukrainian-UK plot to hijack missile-carrying jet
Nov 11, 2025 (AFP)
Kyiv rejected the accusations and accused Russia of spreading "propaganda". Russia, which launched its full-scale offensive against Ukraine in 2022, regularly a...
Two children among dead in Russian blitz on Ukraine: officials
Nov 02, 2025 (AFP)
The strikes mainly targeted Ukraine's southern and central regions and left a dozen others wounded, according to regional authorities. Russia has rejected US ca...
North Korea announces missile test hours before Trump due in South
Oct 29, 2025 (AFP)
The sea-to-surface missiles were launched vertically on Tuesday from the Yellow Sea and flew for more than two hours, state news agency KCNA said. Top military ...
Russia's Burevestnik: A Nuclear-Powered Missile That Defies Convention
Oct 27, 2025 (SPX)
Moscow claims its experimental, nuclear-powered cruise missile has achieved a long-duration flight - a feat reminiscent of Cold War-era propulsion experiments t...
Trump says missile testing not 'appropriate', as Putin touts nuclear cruise missile
Oct 27, 2025 (AFP)
"He ought to get the war (in Ukraine) ended. A war that should have taken one week is now soon in its fourth year. That's what he ought to do instead of testing...
Russia says successfully tested new nuclear-capable cruise missile
Oct 26, 2025 (AFP)
"The decisive tests are now complete," Putin said in a video released by the Kremlin during a meeting with military officials. He ordered the preparation of "in...
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