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Missiles & Air Defense

Missiles, air and missile defense systems, hypersonic weapons and strategic arms.

A David’s Sling Stunner interceptor rising from its launcher in a plume of fire and smoke at sunset in the Israeli desert

Analysis

Analysis: David’s Sling, the missile with no warhead that Greece brings against Turkey’s Tayfun, with Rafael’s official video

Analysis: the Stunner interceptor of David’s Sling carries no explosive warhead and destroys its target by direct impact.…

October 12, 2026 · 01:005 min read

An Iron Dome launcher firing a Tamir interceptor, with smoke and a rocket plume against a hazy sky

Cyprus

Cyprus reportedly orders a third Barak MX, Drone Dome and Lite Beam lasers, and plans Iron Dome to replace its Russian BUKs

According to Cypriot press reports on October 11, the government has ordered a third Barak MX battery, Drone…

October 12, 2026 · 00:452 min read

A Tomahawk cruise missile leaves the vertical launching system of the destroyer USS Delbert D. Black in a burst of flame and smoke

Asia-Pacific

Australia: US approves $300 million sale of Tomahawk mission planning centres

The US State Department has notified Congress of a possible $300 million Foreign Military Sale to Australia of…

October 11, 2026 · 23:452 min read

Air Force

Latvia thanks Turkey for the F-16s that reinforced NATO air defence in the Baltic

Latvian Defence Minister Raivis Melnis met Turkish Air Force pilots and personnel at Lielvārde on October 9, 2026…

October 11, 2026 · 12:452 min readUpdated October 11, 2026 · 22:46

Military & Defense

Zaporizhzhia: 20 dead in Russian glide-bomb strike, missiles hit Kyiv after US eases diesel sanctions

At least 20 people, three of them children, were killed in Zaporizhzhia on October 10, Ukraine’s emergency service…

October 11, 2026 · 10:153 min readUpdated October 11, 2026 · 22:46

Interceptor missiles of IAI’s Barak MX family in front of a ground launcher and a warship

Analysis

Analysis: Barak MX, the common air-defence “dome” of Greece and Cyprus with missiles out to 150 km that troubles Ankara, with IAI’s official video

Analysis: IAI’s official video of the Barak MX, its four interceptors from 15 to 150 km, the architecture…

October 10, 2026 · 23:155 min readUpdated October 11, 2026 · 22:46

Aerial view of the launch of South Korea’s hypersonic glide vehicle from an offshore platform, with a white exhaust trail rising past a rocky green coast

Asia-Pacific

South Korea: first successful test of a homegrown hypersonic glide vehicle, a “key strategic asset” for the battlefield

South Korea has carried out the first successful test of a domestically designed hypersonic glide vehicle (HGV), the…

October 10, 2026 · 16:153 min readUpdated October 11, 2026 · 22:46

A David’s Sling interceptor missile climbing from its launcher in a plume of smoke and flame against a barren hillside

Analysis

Analysis: Achilles Shield, what capabilities Greece is buying from Israel, when it arrives and how it answers Turkey’s “Steel Dome”

Analysis: the “Achilles Shield” is Greece’s first attempt to build a single integrated air-defence network, with David’s Sling,…

October 10, 2026 · 10:0012 min readUpdated October 11, 2026 · 22:46

The SPYDER AIO air-defence vehicle at dusk with its radar mast raised, firing a missile from the rear launcher with flame and dust at the base

Analysis

Analysis: SPYDER AIO, Rafael’s video of a UAV interception and what Greece gets with the “Achilles Shield”

Analysis: Rafael’s official video shows the SPYDER AIO shooting down a UAV from a single 8×8 truck. What…

October 10, 2026 · 06:005 min readUpdated October 11, 2026 · 22:46

A computer rendering of the PAC-3 Edge interceptor missile leaving a containerised launcher in a desert landscape, with flame and dust at the base

Defense Industry

PAC-3 Edge: Lockheed Martin unveils the new Patriot interceptor

Lockheed Martin unveiled the PAC-3 Edge on October 9, 2026, its offer for the US Army’s Future Interceptor…

October 10, 2026 · 05:453 min readUpdated October 11, 2026 · 22:46

Portrait of Alice Rufo standing between a European Union flag and a French flag

Defense Industry

Turkey and France put military cooperation on an institutional footing: what the roadmap provides

Turkey’s defence ministry gave the first details of the Defence Cooperation Roadmap signed with France: regular consultations, joint…

October 10, 2026 · 04:302 min readUpdated October 11, 2026 · 22:46

Illustration of three HIMARS FLEX launchers in a field, with twin GMLRS pods, a pod of eight PAC-3 interceptors and a PrSM loadout

Defense Industry

HIMARS FLEX: Lockheed Martin says its modular launcher doubles HIMARS firepower and can fire PAC-3 interceptors

Lockheed Martin is promoting HIMARS FLEX again, a modular version of the M142 HIMARS that carries two pods…

October 10, 2026 · 00:102 min readUpdated October 11, 2026 · 22:46