On March 7, South Korea revealed that its intelligence agencies spotted movement of cargo vehicles near the Sanumdong ICBM plant in Pyongyang. South Korea’s National Intelligence Service briefed the country’s lawmakers on this activity, saying the movement is “missile-related.” Both South Korea and the United States have declined to confirm the reports of missile activity....
On March 4, the United States announced the temporary deployment of a Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) system to Israel for the first time to conduct deployment readiness exercises. The system’s deployment is a part of the U.S. Dynamic Force Employment program, which will test the rapid response capabilities and proactive deployment presence of U.S....
On February 28, India released photos allegedly of the remains of an AIM-120 Advanced Medium-Range Air-to-Air Missile (AMRAAM) from the site of a dogfight between Indian MiG-21s and Pakistani F-16s in Kashmir. India claimed a Pakistani aircraft fired the beyond visual range missile before being downed by a MiG-21. The footage of the missile remains...
On February 26, India test launched two of its indigenously developed Quick Reaction Surface-to-Air Missiles (QRSAM) from a rotatable truck-mounted launcher at a test range off the coast of Odisha. This is India’s third overall QRSAM test, with the first two taking place in June 2017 and July 2017, respectively. Developed for the Indian Army,...
On February 24, Iran launched a cruise missile from one of its submarines during annual naval exercises in the Strait of Hormuz. According to Iranian media, the missile was launched from a Ghadir-class Iranian navy submarine and hit a predetermined surface target during the drill. The unidentified cruise missile can also reportedly be fired from...
On February 20, Russian President Vladimir Putin confirmed the country’s development of the Tsirkon hypersonic cruise missile at his state of the nation address. President Putin said the missile will travel at Mach 9 (2.06 km/s) and will have a range of 1,000 km. Compatible with the Kalibr missile system, the Tsirkon will be ship-launch...
On February 20, Israel’s Rafael Advanced Defence Systems unveiled its new stand-off “Rocks” air-to-surface missile (ASM) at the Aero India show in Bangalore. According to Rafael representatives, the Rocks travels faster than Mach 1 and is capable of attacking surface or more hidden underground targets. The missile employs GPS/INS midcourse guidance, electro-optical IR seeker, scene-matching...
On February 18, Sergey Chemezov, CEO of Russian defense contractor Rostec, revealed that a ship delivering S-400 missiles to China was damaged in a storm in the English Channel. The shipment was one of three total ships delivering the 40N6 interceptors to China, the other two successfully completing the delivery. Chemezov confirmed that all of...
On February 19, U.S. President Donald Trump signed Space Policy Directive 4 (SPD-4), laying the foundation for a new Space Force planned to be under the administration of the Department of the Air Force. The directive states that the Space Force will initially be under the direction of the Air Force and will be led...
From February 17-21, at the International Defence Exhibition & Conference (IDEX) 2019 in Abu Dhabi, the United States completed three Patriot Guidance Enhanced Missile-Tactical Ballistic Missile (GEM-T) test launches with a gallium nitride (GaN) transmitter. The new solid-state GaN transmitter does not require additional cooling, unlike the conventional traveling-wave tube (TWT) design, and is able...
