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Two missiles miss targets in Taiwan drill
Jul 09, 2012 (AFP)
Two of 26 missiles missed their targets when Taiwan's military carried out a live-fire exercise Monday, but officers in charge said they were happy with the res...
S-500 - a miracle of a weapon
Jul 05, 2012 (Voice of Russia)
It is planned that in 2013, the Russian army will receive new air defense missile batteries. This was recently announced by the Commander-in-Chief of the Russia...
Czech army's CASA planes fail anti-missile tests
Jul 03, 2012 (AFP)
The Czech army said Tuesday anti-missile systems for its four CASA C-295M military transport aircraft had failed testing and would require repairs before being ...
Iran test-fires ballistic missile able to hit Israel: media
Jul 03, 2012 (AFP)
Iran on Tuesday test-fired in its central desert a ballistic missile capable of striking Israel as part of war games designed to show its ability to retaliate i...
Iran to fire missiles in desert war games: Guards
Jul 01, 2012 (AFP)
Iran's Revolutionary Guards announced they are to fire ballistic and other missiles at desert targets during three days of war games starting Monday in a warnin...
Egypt seizes Grad rockets smuggled from Libya: reports
Jun 30, 2012 (AFP)
Egypt has seized a large weapons consignment, including Grad rockets, that had been smuggled from Libya and could have been headed to the Gaza Strip, press repo...
Lockheed Martin Awarded Contract for MLRS M270A1 Launcher Cab Upgrades
Jun 28, 2012 (SPX)
Lockheed Martin received a $27.1 million contract from the U.S. Army for the first phase of a three-year development program that will increase crew protection ...
Northrop Grumman to Deliver Advanced Threat Warning Sensors to the U.S. Navy
Jun 27, 2012 (SPX)
The U.S. Navy has awarded Northrop Grumman an early operational production contract to deliver Advanced Threat Warning (ATW) sensors, an integral component of t...
Two Russians convicted of treason over missile data
Jun 20, 2012 (AFP)
Russia on Wednesday sentenced two professors from an engineering university to 12.5 and 12 years for handing over information about a new intercontinental missi...
Javelin Missile Proves New Capability during Vehicle-Launched Norwegian Tests
Jun 14, 2012 (SPX)
Lockheed Martin and Raytheon's Javelin Joint Venture recently demonstrated the capability to launch Javelin missiles from a vehicle in winter conditions at a te...
Lockheed Martin Partners With Turkey For PAC 3 Missile Canister Production
Jun 13, 2012 (SPX)
Lockheed Martin has signed agreements with two Turkish companies to collaborate on training solutions for coalition military personnel and the production of PAC...
Israel 'to evacuate Tel Aviv' in event of missile attack
Jun 12, 2012 (AFP)
Israel will evacuate the entire population of Tel Aviv if it is hit by missiles, particularly if they have unconventional warheads, the commander in charge of I...
US Navy awards Raytheon $338 million for Tomahawk
Jun 12, 2012 (SPX)
The US Navy has awarded Raytheon a $338 million contract for the Tomahawk Block IV tactical cruise missile. The contract, which was announced by the Department ...
Boeing Accepts Delivery of 1st Harpoon Launch Structure from Danish Aerotech
Jun 08, 2012 (SPX)
Boeing has accepted delivery of the first Aluminum Launch Support Structure (ALSS) produced by Danish Aerotech A/S for ship-based deployment of the Harpoon weap...
Lockheed Martin Conducts Successful EAPS Controlled Flight Test
Jun 08, 2012 (SPX)
Lockheed Martin's Extended Area Protection and Survivability Integrated Demonstration (EAPS ID) program successfully conducted a Controlled Test Vehicle flight ...
Pakistan conducts fifth missile test in weeks
Jun 05, 2012 (AFP)
Pakistan on Tuesday tested a fifth nuclear-capable missile since India launched a new long-range weapon capable of hitting China just over six weeks ago. The Ha...
Off-target Taiwan missile drill damages car
Jun 03, 2012 (AFP)
A missile fired in an Taiwan air defence drill went off-course, missing its target and damaging a car in a remote village, although no one was injured, the navy...
Akash missile fails a routine test flight
May 31, 2012 (UPI)
India's defense industry experts are investigating the failure of the surface-to-air missile Akash to lift off during a test in which it was to hit a target in ...
Pakistan tests nuclear-capable missile
May 29, 2012 (AFP)
Pakistan said Tuesday it had successfully test fired a short-range nuclear-capable ballistic missile. The Hatf IX has a range of only 60 kilometres (37 miles) a...
Taiwan deploys anti-China missiles: report
May 28, 2012 (AFP)
Taiwan has for the first time deployed cruise missiles capable of striking key military bases along the southeast coast of the Chinese mainland, local media rep...
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