Missiles

Air/ Missile Defense Middle East 

Iran tests indigenous Bavar-373 air defence system

September 3, 2017 Arun Mathew 0 Comments Air Defense System, Bavar-373, Iran, S-300, Sayyad-4

Iran has tested its indigenously developed air defence system, designed to match the Russian S-300, the head of the Revolutionary

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Ballistic Missiles Europe 

Russia considers exporting Iskander tactical missile system

September 1, 2017 Arun Mathew 0 Comments 9K720 Iskander, Ballistic Missile, FSMTC, Russia, SRBM

Russia’s Federal Service for Military-Technical Cooperation (FSMTC) is considering several requests from foreign countries for acquiring the Iskander tactical missile system, TASS

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Asia-Pacific Ballistic Missiles 

North Korea’s missile fired at half range: S. Korean military

August 31, 2017 Arun Mathew 0 Comments Ballistic Missile, Hwasong-12, North Korea, South Korea, Ulchi-Freedom Guardian

North Korea has halved the range of its latest ballistic missile launch to around 2,700 kilometers, Yonhap news agency reported

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Air/ Missile Defense Americas 

U.S. Navy SM-6 missile successfully intercepts MRBM target

August 30, 2017February 15, 2018 Arun Mathew 0 Comments Aegis BMD System (ABMD), Air Defense System, Ballistic Missile Defence (BMD), Lockheed Martin, MRBM, RIM-174 Standard ERAM (SM-6), U.S. Navy (USN), USA, USS John Paul Jones (DDG-53)

U.S. Navy’s Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer, USS John Paul Jones (DDG-53) successfully fired two Raytheon-built Standard Missile-6 (SM-6) Dual

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Americas Ballistic Missiles Politics 

Pentagon releases statement on North Korean missile launch

August 29, 2017 DP Press Releases 0 Comments Ballistic Missile, Hwasong-12, North Korea, Pentagon, USA

The U.S. Department of Defense has released a statement on the North Korean ballistic missile launch. Statement from U.S. DoD:

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Asia-Pacific Ballistic Missiles 

South Korea releases footage of Hyunmoo-II SRBM testing

August 29, 2017August 29, 2017 Arun Mathew 0 Comments Ballistic Missile, Hwasong-12, Hyunmoo-II SRBM, North Korea, South Korea

South Korea has released footage of last week’s tests of the Hyunmoo-II Short range ballistic missiles (SRBM) hours after North Korea launched

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Asia-Pacific Ballistic Missiles Politics 

North Korea fires ballistic missile over Japan in ‘unprecedented threat’

August 29, 2017August 31, 2017 Arun Mathew 0 Comments Ballistic Missile, Hwasong-12, Japan, North Korea

North Korea has fired a ballistic missile over northern Japan in a move Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe called an

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Air/ Missile Defense Asia-Pacific 

Indian Army to receive MRSAM by 2020

August 27, 2017August 27, 2017 Arun Mathew 0 Comments Air Defense System, Barak 8/LR-SAM/MR-SAM, DRDO, India, Indian Army, Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI)

Indian Army will receive an advanced medium-range surface to air missile (MRSAM) system by 2020 which will be able to

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Air/ Missile Defense Asia-Pacific 

Indian Navy receives LRSAM from Bharat Dynamics

August 27, 2017August 27, 2017 Arun Mathew 0 Comments Air Defense System, Barak 8/LR-SAM/MR-SAM, Bharat Dynamics (BDL), India, Indian Navy (IN), Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI)

Indian Navy has received the Long Range Surface-To-Air Missile (LRSAM) from Bharat Dynamics Limited (BDL). The LRSAM was handed over to

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Air/ Missile Defense Asia-Pacific 

JASDF to conduct Patriot missile training at U.S. installations in Japan

August 26, 2017August 26, 2017 Arun Mathew 0 Comments Japan, Japan Air Self-Defense Force (JASDF), Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni (MCASI), MIM-104 Patriot, Misawa Air Base, Patriot Advanced Capability-3 (PAC-3), USA, Yokota Air Base

The Japan Air Self Defense Force (JASDF) will temporarily deploy Patriot missile batteries to several U.S. installations in Japan from

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