At a ceremony in Jaisalmer, Rajasthan, on 9 September, 2021, the BARAK-8 Air Defense System (MRSAM) was delivered over to the Indian Air Force. Indian Minister of Defense Rajnath Singh,… Continue reading "The BARAK-8 MRSAM Enters Service With The Indian Air Force"
The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO), India’s premier defence development agency, began work on two liquid fuel based missiles in the 1970s. The missiles were developed by Defence Research… Continue reading "The Prithvi Family: Short Range, Vast Power"
The Agni project initially began under the Integrated Guided Missile Development Programme (IGMDP) as a tech demonstrator for re-entry vehicle technology. The demonstrator was built from existing available missile stages… Continue reading "Agni: Exploring the Backbone of India’s Strategic Arsenal"
South Korea has carried out a successful firing of the nation’s first submarine-launched ballistic missile (SLBM) from the Dosan Ahn Chang-ho submarine last week. The test, as reported by the… Continue reading "South Korea Conducts First SLBM test From Indigenous Submarine"
The Iranian Army announced on 31 August, that it has successfully tested a new modification of the Mersad-16 missile system at the Dashte-Kavir desert in north-central Semnan province. The Mersad-16… Continue reading "The Iranian Army Successfully Tests The Mersad-16 Air Defense System"
The Department of State has approved a future sale of SM-6 Block I and SM-2 Block IIIC missiles to Australia. While the contents of the deal haven’t yet been finalized,… Continue reading "Australian Navy Will Become The First Foreign Navy To Get Standard Missile 6 (SM-6)"
The U.S. Navy’s Naval Air Systems Command has announced Milestone C approval for the Advanced Anti-Radiation Guided Missile – Extended Range, allowing the missile to enter the initial stages of… Continue reading "U.S. Navy Clears AARGM-ER For Low-Rate Initial Production"
The United States Air Force has announced that it has successfully conducted two demonstrations during the first system-level flight tests of the Rapid Dragon program. The tests of the palletized… Continue reading "USAF Announces First System-Level Rapid Dragon Demonstrations"
Pakistan claims to have successfully executed a test firing of its domestically designed Guided Multi-Barrel Rocket System. The Fatah-1 is capable of delivering conventional warheads, the test was revealed in… Continue reading "Pakistan Tests Domestically Developed Guided Multi-Rocket Launcher System Fatah-1"
The live fire tests of the first battery of the Iron Dome Defense System (IDDS-A) that the United States purchased from Israel were completed by the Israel Missile Defense Organization… Continue reading "US Army Tests Israeli Iron Dome System for the First Time"