Tag: Cruise Missile
MBDA Tests ‘Scalable Warhead’ Technology
Engineers at TDW GmbH have developed a new effector technology with which armed forces can achieve scalable target-adapted effectiveness. The new capability was recently...
French Cruise Missile Successful in First Firing Test
The new cruise missile built for the French Navy has completed the first qualification test firing last week. The naval cruise missile (MdCN or...
South Korea Selects the Taurus KEPD 350 Cruise Missile
South Korea will likely buy the Taurus KEPD 350 long-range air-to-surface cruise missiles next year. Seoul is seeking to equip the next batch of fighter aircraft it intends to buy with the new missile.
India Tests BrahMos Missile Launch From an Underwater Platform
India successfully carried out the maiden test firing of a submarine-launched BrahMos missile, lunching the 290 km-range supersonic missile from a submerged ponton simulating a submarine launcher.
First Nirbhay Cruise Missile Test Fails
India's Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) is preparing for the first flight test of an Indian cruise missile tomorrow, March 12, 2013 at the missile test range at Chandipur, Odisha. Under the planned test, Nirbhay (Fearless) will be required to complete a flight of 1,000 km, representing the weapon's operational range.
Pakistan, India Test Fire Nuclear Capable Missiles
Pakistan announced it had test-fired a nuclear-capable cruise missile on Monday, September 17, 2012. Few days later, India also tested two of its Prithvi-II-class missiles, as well as an AGNI medium range missile.
Pakistan Test Fires Nuclear Armed Cruise Missile
Pakistan announced it had test-fired a nuclear-capable cruise missile on Monday, September 17, 2012. The Hatf-VII Babur cruise missile developed in Pakistan was attributed by the military as having "stealth features".
South Korea Planning Major Increase in Missile Force
Poised to establish a deterrent missile force of significant size, Seoul is investment of $2.14 billion buying 500-600 Hyunmu-3 series cruise missiles. additional 84 million are to be spent on Harpoon Block II missiles for its submarines.
Taiwan Deploys Cruise Missiles With Range to Reach Chinese Mainland
Taiwan plans to deploy its newly developed Hsiungfeng IIE cruise missiles on land-based launch sites, within strike distance from mainland China. The new missile has an effective range of about 600 kilometers and carries a warhead of 200 kg.
Patriot PAC-3 Assisted by JLENS, Successfully Intercept a Cruise Missile Target
Lockheed Martin's PAC-3 Missile successfully intercepted and destroyed a cruise missile target yesterday at the Utah Test and Training Range, in an unprecedented interoperability demonstration utilizing the Joint Land Attack Cruise Missile Defense Elevated Netted Sensor (JLENS) and the PATRIOT system.
Hyunmoo Missiles – Seoul Going Ballistic
In response to the failed April 13th North Korean attempt to launch a satellite using a long-range ballistic missile, South Korea released a video showing launches of unidentified cruise missile and a ballistic missile, likely to be the latest versions of the Hyunmoo family, indigenously developed in South Korea.
Pakistan Tests Ra’ad (HATF VIII) Air-Launched Cruise Missile
Pakistan conducted a successful flight test of the indigenously developed Ra'ad Air Launched Cruise Missile (ALCM) also designated Hatf-VIII. the nuclear capable Raad has a range of over 350 km; its accuracy is sufficient to effectively attack hardened targets delivering conventional warheads.
Pakistan Test Fires Nuclear-Capable Hatf-VII Cruise Missile
Pakistan successfully tested Hatf-VII nuclear-capable cruise missile which flew up to of a range of 600 km. The missile, also called Babur (after the...
Brahmos to Fly with the Indian Air Force in 2012
BrahMos, the supersonic cruise missile for the Indian Air Force, would be ready by next year, officials said. Destined to fly on the Su-30MKI...
