Defense World: Iran has, for the first time, launched a cruise missile from submarine during the annual “Velayat-97” military drill in the Strait of Hormuz. A video of a green submarine on the surface of water launching an orange missile was released by Fars news agency. It said other submarines have the same capability. It… read more
Reuters: MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian state television has listed U.S. military facilities that Moscow would target in the event of a nuclear strike, and said that a hypersonic missile Russia is developing would be able to hit them in less than five minutes. The targets included the Pentagon and the presidential retreat in Camp David,… read more
Iranian hackers came worryingly close to Israel’s missile warning system, sending the military scrambling to protect alerts from being compromised, its top cyber defense chief said. After detecting the hackers in 2017 and monitoring them to discern their intent, the military blocked them when it became clear what their target was, said Brigadier General Noam… read more
RFE/RL: Iran on February 22 opened large-scale naval drills at the mouth of the Persian Gulf, state media reported, adding that the maneuvers will feature submarine cruise-missile launches for the first time. State agency IRNA said that more than 100 vessels were participating in the three-day drills held in an area stretching from the Strait… read more
Bloomberg: A Defense Department report warns that China’s military buildup is reaching the point where it can attempt to “impose its will on the region and beyond.” Visiting recently with senior officials from two U.S. allies in the region, Japan and Singapore, gave me a visceral feeling of how things look on the ground (and at sea).… read more
CBS News: North Korean leader Kim Jong Un sees nuclear weapons, not alliances, as the “ultimate guarantor” of survival, according to former top CIA analyst Jung Pak, who joined CBS News chief Washington correspondent Major Garrett for lunch on this week’s episode of “The Takeout.” That, she told Garrett, complicates the question of what “denuclearization”… read more
On February 10, 2019, IRINN TV (Iran) aired a report on Iran’s underground “missile cities” that provide missiles for Iran’s launchers and silos. The reporter said that the ballistic missiles are the “residents” of these cities and that they are “keepers of the calm” that are “ready to roar.” He also said that the “cities”… read more
Newsweek – Moscow tested two nuclear-capable weapons just ahead of a speech in which Russian President Vladimir Putin warned of a potential ballistic response to missile threats against his country. In his annual State of the Nation speech Wednesday, Putin criticized the United States’s recent decision to abandon the Intermediate-range Nuclear Forces (INF) treaty and… read more
CNBC – Russia has confirmed it is building a new hypersonic missile that can be launched from ships or submarines and travel at almost 2 miles per second. Russian President Vladimir Putin used his state of the nation address on Wednesday to publicly confirm that the cruise missile was well under development. “This is a… read more
Defense World – The Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) Rocket Force released a promotional video on Tuesday showcasing the country’s DF intermediate-range ballistic missile being fired from various platforms. According to Global Times, the minute-long video was posted on the Chinese PLA Rocket Force’s newly registered Weibo and WeChat accounts, showcasing rare scenes of the… read more