The Russian army completed acceptance processes in September for the 40N6 long-range interceptor for use by its S-400 units. The Russian Aerospace Force plans to procure more than 1,000 40N6 missiles by 2027 and form 56 new battalions to operate recently acquired S-400 systems, which entered service in August 2018. The 40N6 is a long-range...
On October 15, the South Korean Agency for Defense Development announced that two flight tests of the L-SAM interceptor missile scheduled for this month will be postponed to November. The tests were previously delayed from April and June launch dates to June and July followed by a second move to October. Members of the opposition...
On October 6, Russian Gepard-class missile frigates Dagestan and Tartarstan reportedly fired two 3M-14 Kalibr cruise missiles striking targets approximately 180 km away on Chechen Island in the Caspian Sea. Kalibr (NATO: SS-N-30A) is a medium-range land attack cruise missile usually armed with a high explosive (HE) warhead, though it may also carry a nuclear...
On October 6, India’s Strategic Forces Command conducted a successful test launch of its indigenously produced Prithvi-II short-range ballistic missile. The Defense Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) reported the missile was launched from Odisha and made terminal impact in the Bay of Bengal. Prithvi-II has a range of 350 km with a CEP of 50...
On October 8, the Pakistani Army Strategic Forces Command conducted a successful training launch of the Hatf-5 “Ghauri” medium-range ballistic missile. The launch was part of a readiness assessment of the Pakistani Strategic Forces. Hatf-5 is a road-mobile, liquid-fueled missile capable of carrying nuclear, high-explosive, chemical, or submunitions warhead. It entered service in 2003 and has...
On October 5, Indian President Narendra Modi signed a $5 billion deal with Russian President Vladimir Putin for the Russian-made S-400 missile defense system. The deal was closed despite warnings from the United States that Indian acquisition of the Russian system will place the country at risk of punitive enforcement measures of the Countering America’s...
Between September 27 and October 4, there were no confirmed Houthi missile attacks. Pro-coalition media reported one Houthi-launched missile targeting Aden was intercepted by Saudi air defense forces, but the story could not be confirmed. Pro-Houthi media reported another seven missile attacks targeting Asir, Najran, and Taiz, but these could not be corroborated by Coalition...
Israel has commissioned Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) to develop a constellation of nanosatellites (nanosat) for use in missile defense, according to experts unaffiliated with the project. The satellites will likely weigh approximately 5 to 8 kg and will be equipped with imaging technologies capable of detecting a ballistic missile launch and the movement of missile-related...
On October 1, the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps launched a total of six Zolfaghar and Qiam-1 missiles from its western Kermanshah region on ISIL locations in Syria’s Deir al-Zour province. Iranian state media reported that the strike killed a number of actors and planners of a September 22 terrorist attack on an Iranian military parade in...
In a video released on September 21, the Chinese military conducted a test of three hypersonic boost glide vehicles. The wedge-shaped vehicles were lifted aloft in a launcher carried by a high altitude balloon and appear to have been released in a vertical orientation. The status of China’s hypersonic boost glide vehicle development is unknown,...
