Threat News

July 20, 2018

Russian MoD: New Air Defense Missile Succesfully Test-Fired in Kazakhstan

Sputnik International: A new air defense missile was successfully test fired from a testing range in Kazakhstan, the Russian Defense

July 20, 2018

Russia completes work on Avangard hypersonic missile system

TASS: MOSCOW, July 19. /TASS/. Russia’s Strategic Missile Force is preparing a position area for accepting the Avangard hypersonic missile

July 20, 2018

Russia preparing Plesetsk spaceport infrastructure for Sarmat ICBM flight tests

TASS: MOSCOW, July 20. /TASS/. Specialists are preparing infrastructure at the Plesetsk spaceport in north Russia for the flight tests

July 20, 2018

Chinese media praise new air defense missiles

Asia Times: China’s media has been praising its next generation of air defense systems, with the state-owned military-industrial complex China

July 20, 2018

Why Russia’s Iskander Missile Is a Killer

The National Interest: Despite Moscow’s partial withdrawal from Syria, additional Russian forces have appeared in theatre. One unconfirmed report suggests

July 20, 2018

Russia shows off new weapons after Trump summit

CNN: As European leaders grappled with the fallout from the Donald Trump-Vladimir Putin summit Thursday, Russian authorities took the opportunity

July 20, 2018

Iran is building a massive battle tank fleet

We Are The Mighty: Iran’s Deputy Defense Minister Reza Mozaffarinia says Tehran has plans to manufacture or upgrade 700 to

July 19, 2018

Russian fighters armed with Kinzhal hypersonic missiles hold drills with strategic bombers

TASS: MOSCOW, July 19. /TASS/. An air squadron of MiG-31K fighter jets armed with Kinzhal hypersonic missiles held joint drills

July 19, 2018

Russia’s Military Receives Additional New S-400 Long-Range Air Defense Regiment

The Diplomat: In an ongoing effort to strengthen its anti-access/area denial (A2/AD) capability, the Russian military took delivery of an additional

July 19, 2018

Russia gears up to test fine-tuned ‘invincible’ nuclear powered cruise missile

TASS: MOSCOW, July 19. /TASS/. Russia is getting ready for flight tests of the Burevestnik nuclear powered cruise missile, an