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Osprey Aircraft Test-Fire Rockets and Missiles
Bell Boeing recently test fired laser-guided rockets from the V-22 Osprey aircraft in a series of mock combat demonstrations at Yuma Proving Grounds, Ariz., showing for the first time that the...
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Russia Moves Missiles Near Poland, Lithuania
Russia has reportedly deployed nuclear-capable missiles closer to Europe near the Baltic Sea between Poland and Lithuania. Moscow confirmed stationing several short-range Iskander ballistic missiles,...
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U.S. Blocks Funding for Lockheed MEADS Program
The U.S. plans to stop funding a missile defense system made by Lockheed Martin Corp. Lawmakers agreed to prohibit using any funds for the so-called Medium Extended Air Defense System, known in...
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Russia Alerted U.S. to ICBM Launch
Russia’s latest launch of an intercontinental ballistic missile was expected and in compliance with a bilateral arms-reduction treaty, a U.S. official said. The country, which is facing international...
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Pentagon Cuts Research Budget by $500 Million
The Defense Department’s proposed budget for fiscal 2015 would cut $500 million from science and technology accounts, the so-called seed corn of military superiority. The Pentagon’s spending plan...
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Pentagon to Redesign Missile ‘Kill Vehicle’
The Pentagon’s proposed budget for fiscal 2015 would provide funding to redesign a key part of the nation’s missile-defense program. The Defense Department’s spending plan released on March 4 requests...
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CNO: Railguns and Hellfires Make Ships More Lethal
The Pentagon may not escape the crippling budget cuts on the horizon, but that isn’t stopping the Navy’s top admiral from talking up the sea service’s future weapon programs. “We have got to better...
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Big Test Coming for Missile Defense System
The Pentagon’s next big test of its multi-billion-dollar homeland missile defense system is slightly more than a week away, according to a news report. The Missile Defense Agency plans to conduct the...
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DoD Completes Successful Missile-Defense Test
The Pentagon’s Missile Defense Agency conducted the first successful test of its ground-based missile defense system in five years. The Boeing Co.-made Ground-based Midcourse Defense System includes a...
View ArticleIsrael’s Iron Dome Intercepts Rockets from Gaza
The Israeli military has posted video reportedly showing its Iron Dome missile defense system intercepting rockets fired by Palestinian fighters in Gaza. Mid-air explosions can been seen against the...
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Four Russian Surface-to-Air Missile Systems that Could Have Shot Down the...
Multiple reports have emerged that a Malaysian MH-17 passenger jet carrying 295 people was shot down over Eastern Ukraine Thursday morning. Early reports point to pro-Russian separatists in Eastern...
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Navy to Integrate F-35 With Beyond-the-Horizon Technology
The Navy and Lockheed Martin are planning to demonstrate a beyond-the-horizon anti-ship missile detection and defense technology using an F-35 Joint Strike Fighter. The system, referred to as Naval...
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Tomahawk Cruise Missile Hits Moving Ship Target
The Navy is moving closer to having a sea-launched, anti-ship cruise missile able to change course in flight and hit moving ship targets from distances up to 1,000 miles, according to two recent...
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Russia’s Satellite Nuclear Warning System Down Until November
Russia’s Aerospace Defense Forces will not have their new military nuclear warning satellite systems in place until months later than anticipated, the Moscow Times reported June 30. Citing the TASS...
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After Iran Nuke Deal, Russia to Deliver S-300 Missile Systems
Thanks in part to the Iran nuclear deal, Russia now plans to deliver as many as four S-300 missile systems to the country, according to a news report. Here’s what Russian Deputy Foreign Minister...
View ArticlePentagon: Russia Violated Treaty with Recent Missile Test
A top U.S. Defense Department official said Russia violated a landmark nuclear treaty with the recent test of a new surface-to-air missile. Russia on Sept. 2 tested a new cruise missile that the...
View ArticleStrike Highlights Russia’s Advances in Cruise Missile Technology
Russia’s recent cruise missile strike in Syria — despite reports that some wayward munitions landed in Iran — demonstrates the country’s advances in developing the technology, an expert said. “It’s...
View ArticleVideo Purports to Show Humvee Rear-Ending Rig Carrying Nuke
A YouTube video purports to show a Humvee rear-ending a rig carrying a nuclear missile. The video was captured and uploaded Nov. 2 by a user who identified himself as Paul Tedford and resident of Great...
View ArticleAir Force Moves to Replenish Bomb Stockpile Drained by ISIS Fight
An Air Force official downplayed reports that the service is facing a shortage of missiles and bombs as a result of the air campaign against the Islamic State. “We’re not concerned [about whether] we...
View ArticleChina’s Hypersonic Glider Passes New Test
China has successfully completed a seventh flight test of its new hypersonic glide vehicle last week in its northern central Shanxi province, according to an article on People’s Daily Online. The...
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