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S. Korea 'to spend $2 bn' on hundreds of missiles
May 22, 2012 (AFP)
South Korea plans to spend more than $2.0 billion dollars over the next five years on buying hundreds of new missiles to cope with threats from North Korea, rep...
Rafael seeks missile shield for helicopters
May 22, 2012 (UPI)
Israel's Rafael Advanced Defense Systems is developing a "hard kill" defense for helicopters against surface-to-air missiles, part of the air force new doctrine...
Raytheon awarded $313.8 million for Standard Missile-6 all-up rounds
May 18, 2012 (SPX)
The U.S. Navy awarded Raytheon a $313.8 million contract for low-rate initial production of Standard Missile-6 all-up rounds. SM-6 leverages the legacy Standard...
The top issues at the NATO summit
May 16, 2012 (AFP)
The war in Afghanistan, a missile shield for Europe and the pooling of military resources in times of austerity top the agenda of the NATO summit in Chicago on ...
Training missile falls from Army chopper in Texas: US
May 16, 2012 (AFP)
A US Army Apache helicopter accidentally dropped an inactive missile over central Texas, forcing dozens of homes to be evacuated, officials said Wednesday. No o...
Lockheed Martin's New Standalone Launching System Significantly Reduces Weapons Integration Costs
May 16, 2012 (SPX)
Lockheed Martin has demonstrated the latest variant of its new launching system that maximizes the use of existing hardware and electronics to reduce the integr...
American Hypersonic Weapons Are Threat To Russia Says Rogozin
May 15, 2012 (RIA Novosti)
American research into hypersonic weapons, which the U.S. aims to complete by 2015, represents an especially serious threat to Russia, acting Deputy Prime Minis...
Hitting the wrong target with missile-interceptor
May 15, 2012 (Voice of Russia)
The US has carried out regular tests of the NATO missile defense system for Europe in anticipation of the NATO summit in Chicago scheduled for the end of this w...
Raytheon Completes First Flight Test of Improved SM-3
May 15, 2012 (SPX)
Raytheon has completed the first successful flight test of the Standard Missile-3 Block IB, which is the cornerstone of phase two of the administration's Phased...
Russia Pulls Out of Indonesian Rocket System Tender
May 15, 2012 (RIA Novosti)
Russia's arms trading company Rosoboronexport has pulled out of an Indonesian tender for the supply of multiple launch rocket systems, the company told Military...
Russian to stand trial on spying charges: report
May 12, 2012 (AFP)
Russia is putting on trial an engineer accused of passing information on its newest submarine-launched ballistic missiles to foreign intelligence, a news report...
China interested in Russian missile system
May 10, 2012 (Voice of Russia)
China wants to purchase Russia's S-400 anti-aircraft missile system to replace the S-300 system, a military and technical cooperation official told reporters on...
Safran announces the creation of Herakles, merging SME and SPS
May 02, 2012 (SPX)
Safran is finalizing the merger of its two subsidiaries, SME (specializing in energetic materials) and Snecma Propulsion Solide (a specialist in solid rocket mo...
London apartment block set to host missiles for Olympics
Apr 29, 2012 (AFP)
Residents of a London apartment block have been told that surface-to-air missiles were likely to be installed on the building to help combat airborne terror thr...
Israeli helicopters get missile shield
Apr 27, 2012 (UPI)
Israel's military plans to arm its helicopter fleet with a protective system against shoulder-fired surface-to-air missiles it says are in the hands of Hezbolla...
N. Korea 'missiles' at parade were mock-ups: experts
Apr 24, 2012 (AFP)
Apparently new long-range ballistic missiles displayed at a North Korean military parade this month were mock-ups, according to two German experts who termed th...
US Navy Fires Raytheon Griffin Missile From RAM Launcher
Apr 20, 2012 (SPX)
The U.S. Navy achieved a first when it fired Raytheon's combat-proven Griffin B missile from a Rolling Airframe Missile (RAM) launcher. "Griffin enables sailors...
S. Korea deploys longer-range missiles against North
Apr 19, 2012 (AFP)
South Korea has deployed new cruise missiles capable of destroying targets such as missile and nuclear bases anywhere in North Korea, the defence ministry said ...
US seeks 'restraint' amid India missile plan
Apr 18, 2012 (AFP)
The United States called Wednesday on all nuclear powers to exercise restraint, but stopped short of criticizing growing partner India which plans to test a new...
Russia, India in hypersonic missile talks
Mar 30, 2012 (UPI)
Russia and India are in discussions to develop a hypersonic cruise missile and are near agreement on a preliminary design, Indian officials said. "In the near f...
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