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Latest N. Korea sub missile test a 'catastrophic failure': analysts
Jan 13, 2016 (AFP)
North Korea's "successful" submarine-launched ballistic missile test last month was, in fact, an explosive failure that was not even launched from a submarine, ...
NATO orders Saab RBS 70 Bolide missiles
Jan 13, 2016 (UPI)
Saab Defense has received a $12.4 million order from NATO for RBS 70 Bolide missiles with deliveries expected to place between 2016 and 2017. The order comes as...
France signs Aster missile upgrade contract
Jan 13, 2016 (UPI)
France's defense procurement agency, DGA, has signed a contract with the Eurosam consortium to upgrade the Aster surface-to-air missile. The contract funds the ...
Lockheed Martin's HIMARS achieves 1 million operational hours
Jan 12, 2016 (UPI)
Lockheed Martin's High Mobility Artillery Rocket System has achieved one million operational hours with the U.S. Armed Forces. The High Mobility Artillery Rocke...
Raytheon SeaRAM intercepts target with new missile variant
Jan 11, 2016 (UPI)
Raytheon's latest anti-ship missile variant intercepted an incoming target from a SeaRAM missile system during a U.S. Navy live-fire exercise. Company officials...
US missile disappears, turns up in Cuba: WSJ
Jan 08, 2016 (AFP)
A US Hellfire missile has turned up in Cuba after going missing in a fiasco that has left American officials worried the technology may be shared with China, Ru...
Oman seeks TOW 2B missiles from United States
Jan 07, 2016 (UPI)
The U.S. State Department has approved the possible foreign military sale of TOW 2B missiles and supporting equipment to the government of Oman. The proposed sa...
Iraq requests Hellfire and Captive Air Training missiles
Jan 07, 2016 (UPI)
The U.S. State Department has approved the sale of AGM-114K Hellfire missiles and 114K M36E9 Captive Air Training missiles to the government of Iraq. The propos...
Raytheon to support RAM Block 2 guided missiles for U.S. Navy
Jan 06, 2016 (UPI)
The U.S. Navy has awarded Raytheon with a contract to support its Rolling Airframe Missile Block 2 guided missile round pack requirements. Under the contract, v...
Iran shows off underground ballistic missile bunker
Jan 06, 2016 (UPI)
Iran broadcast footage on state-owned television showing a ballistic missile bunker in a move that may further strain tensions in the region and with the West. ...
Top Gun: Why Nothing Comes Close to Russia's Vulkan Missile
Jan 06, 2016 (Sputnik)
It wasn't until the early 1970 that western arms makers finally realized the advantages offered by cruise missiles. The Americans developed the Harpoon anti-shi...
Iran airs footage of new missile in underground bunker
Jan 05, 2016 (AFP)
Iran aired fresh footage Tuesday of an underground bunker that houses its latest ballistic missile, which less than a week ago prompted US threats of new sancti...
Lockheed Martin receives $528 million THAAD missile contract
Jan 04, 2016 (UPI)
The U.S. Missile Defense Agency awarded Lockheed Martin with a $528 million contract to produce and deliver Terminal High Altitude Area Defense missile systems....
Indian Navy test-fires long range surface-to-air missile
Jan 01, 2016 (UPI)
The Indian Navy test-fired the jointly-produced Indo-Israeli long range surface-to-air missile from a Kolkata-class destroyer. The Indian Ministry of Defense ca...
Iran has more missiles than it can hide: General
Jan 01, 2016 (AFP)
Iran's Revolutionary Guards have so many missiles they don't know where to hide them, a senior commander said at Friday prayers, after the United States threate...
Lockheed Martin to supply 12 rocket systems to UAE
Jan 01, 2016 (UPI)
Lockheed Martin has been awarded a $28.6 million contract to provide 12 High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems to the United Arab Emirates. The systems provide ...
Iranian navy test fires rockets near US carrier
Dec 29, 2015 (AFP)
The Iranian navy test fired several rockets near three Western warships including the USS Harry S Truman aircraft carrier last week, a US military official said...
China tests rail-based long-range missile capable of hitting US
Dec 25, 2015 (Sputnik)
China this month tested a new rail-car-mounted long-range missile capable of hitting targets in the United States, according to American intelligence agencies m...
Russia delivers S-300 missile system to Kazakhstan free of charge
Dec 23, 2015 (UPI)
The Russian government has completed the free delivery of its S-300 air defense system to the government of Kazakhstan, according to Russian media reports. The ...
Poland acquiring air defense system
Dec 21, 2015 (UPI)
Poland is to field a short-range, self-propelled air defense system in 2018 from the country's PIT-RADWAR company, Defence24.com reported. The Poprad VSHORAD an...
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