Missile Defense 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 military, PLA, holds ground combat drills in Tibet to test their skills

Financial Express: The special forces of the Chinese military have conducted drills in Tibet, including ground training for helicopter pilots,

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

Russia fears leak of hypersonic missile secrets to West

BBC: Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) has raided a space research facility after a suspected leak of hypersonic missile secrets

July 20, 2018

Japan report to urge anti-missile capabilities

Japan Bullet: Japan’s latest draft defense white paper says North Korea remains a serious threat. It says Japan will step

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

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