Military & Defense
Mk21A: flight test over the Pacific for the reentry vehicle that will carry the new ICBM’s nuclear warhead
Lockheed Martin and the US Air Force flew an unarmed Mk21A reentry vehicle from Vandenberg Space Force Base. The vehicle…
Desk
Missiles & Air Defense
Missiles, air and missile defense systems, hypersonic weapons and strategic arms.
Asia-Pacific
North Korea: new air-defence system and a cruise missile in a strike drill on a mock airfield, the fourth test in a week
North Korea says it tested a new anti-aircraft missile system and that a long-range cruise missile unit “struck” a mock…
Europe
Norway deploys NASAMS sensors and 30 troops at Kirkenes, about 7.5 km from the Russian border
Norway’s Defence Ministry announced that new NASAMS sensors will be deployed at Kirkenes and 30 more troops will reinforce the…
Asia-Pacific
North Korea fires missiles towards the Sea of Japan hours after denying the Binance hack, its fourth launch in a month
South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff said North Korea fired several missiles from the Sondok area on November 4. Kim…
Greece
Greek Chief of Defence General Houpis in Saudi Arabia: two-day visit to Riyadh and Yanbu, home of the Greek Patriot battery
Greek Chief of the Defence General Staff Dimitrios Houpis completed a two-day visit to Saudi Arabia, meeting his counterpart in…
Defense Industry
Aselsan signs $1.1 billion air-defence export contract with an undisclosed foreign customer
Turkey’s Aselsan says it signed a $1.1 billion contract to export air-defence systems to a foreign customer, without naming the…
Asia-Pacific
North Korea claims it tested a cluster warhead on a cruise missile, its second in three days
Pyongyang’s KCNA says a medium-sized cluster warhead was tested on a strategic cruise missile on November 2, after a similar…
Middle East & North Africa
Second US airlift to Israel ahead of possible strike on Iran: up to 16 C-17s with air defences to Ovda, open-source trackers say
Open-source flight trackers report at least six more USAF C-17s flying from Fort Bliss to Israel with air-defence systems, as…
Middle East & North Africa
Qeshm: US officials say the blasts were “defensive” American strikes on a missile launcher, on the eve of the midterms
The explosions heard late on November 2 on Iran’s Qeshm island were US strikes, American officials told major US outlets,…
Defense Industry
NATO SeaSparrow program delivers 1,000th ESSM Block 2 missile as production doubles in 16 months
The U.S. Navy says the 1,000th ESSM Block 2 has been delivered to the 12-nation NATO SeaSparrow Consortium, which includes…
Asia-Pacific
North Korea tests a cluster warhead for tactical ballistic missiles, claiming it can reduce 12 to 13 hectares to ashes
North Korea said it tested a cluster warhead designed for tactical ballistic missiles on October 31. State media claimed the…
Asia-Pacific
AMRAAM in Japan: the US and Tokyo agree on a final assembly and check-out facility for the missile, a “landmark agreement” says Koizumi
Japan and the United States agreed that Japan will build its own final assembly and check-out (FACO) facility for the…