On January 18, India test fired its first indigenously developed air-to-ground missile, the Next Generation Anti-Radiation Missile (NGARM), off the Odisha Coast. The missile was fired from a Su-30 aircraft and successfully destroyed a target radar station on the ground. The NGARM has a range of around 100 km and is designed to destroy surveillance...
On December 23, Russia conducted a test launch of its new anti-satellite missile system, the PL-19 Nudol, from a mobile ground launcher, according to a U.S. intelligence report. On January 18, two unnamed intelligence sources familiar with the report told U.S. media that the missile flew for 17 minutes and around 3,000 km before falling...
On January 22, the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) and the Israel Missile Defense Organization (IMDO) successfully tested Israel’s Arrow 3 Weapon System in collaboration with the Israeli Air Force from a test site in central Israel. Neither the MDA press release nor Israeli reports mention the specifications of the target “long-range” ballistic missile, but Israel’s...
Between December 20 and January 9, Houthi forces fired or attempted to fire at least two ballistic missiles. One missile launch targeted Najran, and a subsequent attempt from Saada failed. Below is a summary of the confirmed missile events during this period. December 29: Houthi forces fired a ballistic missile toward the city of Najran....
On January 8, Russia’s TASS news agency reported that Russia is developing a new 4,500 km range variant of the Kalibr land-attack cruise missile. According to an unnamed source in the Russian military-industrial complex, the longer range Kalibr-M is in early development and is planned to be deployed on frigates, nuclear submarines, and other surface...
In the summer of 2018, the guided missile destroyer USS Dewey fired 20 hyper velocity projectiles (HVPs) through its MK 45 deck gun, according to officials familiar with the test. The test took place during the 2018 Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) naval exercise and aimed to demonstrate the potential use of the older, 5-inch...
On January 1, the Taiwanese Navy released a promotional video entitled “Toward 2019,” showing the first public footage of its Hsiung Feng III antiship missile launching from a Tuo Chiang-class stealth corvette. The video was released a day ahead of Chinese President Xi Jinping’s speech outlining Beijing’s goal of reunifying Taiwan with China, and confirms Taiwan’s latest...
Reports in late December suggest China conducted its first ballistic intercept test of the Russian-made S-400 Triumf (SA-21 “Growler”) in November at an undisclosed location. The S-400 reportedly intercepted a supersonic ballistic missile target 250 km away. The People’s Liberation Army’s Rocket Force (PLARF) also tested jamming equipment in conjunction with the intercept test. Details...
On December 18, U.S. Missile Defense Agency (MDA) awarded Lockheed Martin a $585 million contract to design, develop, and deliver the Homeland Defense Radar – Hawaii (HDR-H). According to the contract statement, the radar will provide “autonomous acquisition and persistent precision tracking and discrimination to optimize the defensive capability of the BMDS and other evolving...
On December 18, the U.S. State Department approved a potential $3.5 billion sale of Patriot air defenses to Turkey. The deal would include 80 Patriot MIM-104E Guidance Enhanced Missiles (GEM) and 60 PAC-3 Missile Segment Enhancement (MSE) missiles, as well as four AN/MPQ-65 radars and other related equipment. According to an unnamed State Department spokesperson,...
