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U.S. military tests ground-based cruise missile
Aug 19, 2019 (UPI)
The test, from San Nicolas Island, Calif., would not have been permitted under the Intermediate Range Nuclear Forces Treaty, signed by the United States and the...
Hezbollah shows 'missile arsenal' used against Israeli warship
Aug 16, 2019 (AFP)
Israel has fought several conflicts against the Iran-backed Hezbollah, the last in 2006. More than 1,200 Lebanese, mostly civilians, and more than 160 Israelis,...
Lockheed wins $99M contract for foreign JASSM cruise missile support
Aug 14, 2019 (UPI)
The indefinite-delivery contract, announced Tuesday, calls for lifecycle support for JASSM and its variants in system upgrades, integration, production, sustain...
Russians killed in missile test blast were working on 'new weapons'
Aug 12, 2019 (AFP)
The accident took place at an Arctic military facility on the coast of the White Sea on Thursday, but Russian authorities only admitted its nuclear nature on Sa...
Russia missile test blast kills five nuclear agency staff
Aug 10, 2019 (AFP)
Rosatom said the force of the explosion on Thursday blew several of its staff from a testing platform into the sea. Russia's military did not initially say that...
Lockheed nabs $240M contract for ballistic missile modeling, simulation
Aug 07, 2019 (UPI)
The Modeling and Simulation Contract-Framework and Tools, or MASC-F, will offer potential simulations of situations for the Ballistic Missile Defense System, th...
Iran unveils three new precision-guided missiles
Aug 06, 2019 (AFP)
The new line-up of air-to-air missiles dubbed the "Yasin", "Balaban" and a new series of the "Ghaem" were developed jointly by the ministry and Sa Iran, also kn...
Beijing warns of 'countermeasures' over US missile plans
Aug 06, 2019 (AFP)
The comments come days after US Defense Secretary Mark Esper said Washington was now free to deploy the weapons following its withdrawal last week from the Inte...
US wants to quickly deploy new missiles in Asia: Esper
Aug 03, 2019 (AFP)
The new Pentagon chief said the US was now free to deploy the weapons following its withdrawal Friday from the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) treaty wi...
Northrop Grumman nets $167M for full-rate AARGM missile production
Jul 30, 2019 (UPI)
The contract, announced Monday by the Department of Defense, covers 263 full-rate production AARGMs, with 260 being converted to the newer version and three pro...
Navy test fires Hellfire missile from littoral combat ship
Jul 26, 2019 (UPI)
A Longbow Hellfire surface-to-surface missile module launched from an unnamed Independence- class littoral combat ship was successfully tested on June 11 at the...
North Korea fires short-range missiles in latest provocation
Jul 25, 2019 (AFP)
It was Pyongyang's first missile test since an impromptu meeting between US President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un last month that produced ...
Missiles 'probably' from Israel fired into south Syria: monitor
Jul 24, 2019 (AFP)
"The missiles, probably Israeli" were fired at the southern region close to the Golan Heights, an area occupied and annexed by Israel, the Britain-based Syrian ...
Missile seized in Italy sold to third country in 1994: Qatar
Jul 16, 2019 (AFP)
"Qatar is working very closely now with the pertinent parties, including Italy, to unveil the facts and it is very concerned as to how a missile sold 25 years a...
Lockheed awarded $492.1M to produce HIMARS for U.S., Poland, Romania
Jul 16, 2019 (UPI)
The contract includes Poland's first acquisition of HIMARS launchers. In February, Polish Defense Minister Mariusz Błaszczak, at a meeting in Warsaw with Presi...
Libya demands urgent answers over French missiles found at pro-Haftar base
Jul 11, 2019 (AFP)
Foreign Minister Mohamad Tahar Siala has asked French counterpart Jean-Yves Le Drian to "urgently explain" how the missiles "reached Haftar's forces, when they ...
Raytheon awarded $17.8M for computers to launch Navy's anti-radiation missiles
Jul 11, 2019 (UPI)
The contract for the system, known as HARM, will include two pre-production units, one first article test unit and 111 production units in support of the Navy, ...
Paris says its missiles found on pro-Haftar rebel base in Libya
Jul 10, 2019 (AFP)
Confirming a report in the New York Times, the defence ministry said in a statement that US-made Javelin missiles discovered in a camp south of Tripoli at the e...
Lockheed Martin gets $174.9M Navy contract for anti-ship missile support
Jul 05, 2019 (UPI)
The contract, announced by the Defense Department on Wednesday, is an order relating to a previously issued basic ordering agreement. It specifies engineering, ...
Stray 'Russian-made missile' suspected of hitting northern Cyprus
Jul 01, 2019 (AFP)
"According to preliminary findings, a Russian-made missile -- part of an air defence system triggered during an air raid against Syria -- fell on our country ye...
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