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Full production for German army missile
Oct 15, 2012 (UPI)
The PARS 3 LR fire-and-forget missile by Europe's MBDA is heading into full production for the German military. Full-rate production for the weapon, the main ar...
Raytheon awarded $349 million US Army contract for TOW missiles
Oct 10, 2012 (SPX)
Raytheon has received a $349 million five-year, multi-year contract to provide heavy anti-tank, wireless precision-assault missiles for the U.S. government. Ray...
New US-SKorea missile deal to help Seoul defense: US
Oct 09, 2012 (AFP)
A deal between the United States and South Korea to almost triple the range of South Korean missiles to cover all of North Korea will help Seoul defend itself f...
UN's Ban alarmed by North Korea missile claim
Oct 09, 2012 (AFP)
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon on Tuesday described North Korea's boast that it has missiles capable of reaching the US mainland as "alarming" and warned it w...
Raytheon awarded US Army contract for TOW missiles
Oct 09, 2012 (SPX)
Raytheon received a $349 million five-year, multi-year contract to provide heavy anti-tank, wireless precision-assault missiles for the U.S. government. Raytheo...
US lets S. Korea raise missile range to cover North
Oct 07, 2012 (AFP)
South Korea Sunday announced a deal with the United States to almost triple the range of its missiles to cover the whole of North Korea -- a move likely to infu...
S. Korea set to announce US missile deal: report
Oct 06, 2012 (AFP)
South Korea plans to announce a new deal with the United States aimed at extending the range of its ballistic missiles to cover the whole of North Korea, a repo...
Lockheed Martin's DAGR Missile Demonstrates Ground Launch Capability In Guided Flight Tests
Sep 27, 2012 (SPX)
Lockheed Martin recently conducted two separate DAGR missile flight tests, successfully firing the missiles from a prototype pedestal launcher and hitting a sta...
US Army, Navy Demonstrate JLENS' Ability to Defeat Anti-ship Cruise Missile
Sep 24, 2012 (SPX)
A recent U.S. Army and Navy test has proved that the Raytheon JLENS can integrate with defensive systems currently in the U.S. Navy's inventory to provide, for ...
S. Korea near deal on longer missile range: report
Sep 23, 2012 (AFP)
South Korea and the United States are close to agreement on more than doubling the range of Seoul's ballistic missiles to better guard against threats from Nort...
India follows Pakistan with missile test
Sep 19, 2012 (AFP)
India test-fired its second-longest-range missile on Wednesday, a defence official said, two days after Pakistan announced its own missile test. The two-stage A...
Pakistan test-fires nuclear-capable cruise missile
Sep 17, 2012 (AFP)
Pakistan on Monday test-fired a nuclear-capable cruise missile with "stealth features", the military said, the country's first such exercise in more than three ...
Taiwan takes delivery of first Thunderbolt
Sep 13, 2012 (UPI)
The Taiwanese army has taken delivery of its first indigenously built Thunderbolt-2000 mobile rocket launcher system from the Chungshan Institute of Science and...
Raytheon successfully tests HARM upgrades
Sep 06, 2012 (SPX)
Raytheon has completed testing of High-Speed Anti-Radiation Missile (HARM) upgrades, which make the combat-proven missile more precise and accurate, while reduc...
Raytheon receives $230 million contract for SM-3
Sep 05, 2012 (SPX)
The Missile Defense Agency has awarded Raytheon a $230 million contract for 14 Standard Missile-3 Block IA missiles and five SM-3 Block IB missiles. The SM-3 Bl...
Russia to create new ICBM by 2018
Sep 04, 2012 (Voice of Russia)
Russia is due to create a new heavy intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) by 2018, Strategic Missile Forces commander Sergei Karakayev said on Monday. "Cons...
Boeing Winged JDAM Completes First Round of Tests
Aug 31, 2012 (SPX)
A winged version of the Boeing Joint Direct Attack Munition (JDAM) that will triple the weapon's glide range to more than 40 miles is a step closer to productio...
India halts Barak I missile purchase
Aug 30, 2012 (UPI)
India has put on hold procurement of 262 Israeli-made Barak I missiles until the Central Bureau of Investigation finishes a report into possible corruption. The...
US-China missile race
Aug 30, 2012 (Voice of Russia)
The United States says it's planning to build new missile defence in Asia. White House officials say early warning radar systems could be placed on a remote Jap...
S-400s to protect APEC summit
Aug 24, 2012 (Voice of Russia)
Russia is deploying a regiment of its new-generation S-400 anti-aircraft missile systems in the far-eastern city of Nakhodka, not far from Vladivostok. The prod...
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