On January 11, KSA air defenses intercepted a Qaher-M2 short-range ballistic missile launched by Houthi rebels targeting the Saudi city of Najran. Colonel Turki al-Maliki, the spokesperson for the Arab coalition forces, said that the missile was destroyed by Patriot interceptors in the region. Falling debris caused minor property damage, but no casualties were reported....
On January 9, the U.S. State Department approved a possible Foreign Military Sale to Japan of Standard Missile-3 (SM-3) Block IIA missiles at an estimated cost of $133.3 million. According to a Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) news release, “The Government of Japan has requested a possible sale of four (4) Standard Missile-3 (SM-3) Block...
On January 3, the Pakistani Navy conducted a successful test firing of its Harbah cruise missile. The indigenously produced Harbah was launched in the North Arabian Sea by the Azmat-class fast-attack craft PNS Himmat (1027). The missile is reportedly a variant of the Babur missile family, and can perform both antiship and land-attack missions. While...
On January 6, deputy commander of Iran’s Khatam al-Anbia Air Defense Base Gen. Abolfazl Sepehrirad said the Bavar-373 air and missile defense missile system had successfully completed all initial testing. The indigenously produced Bavar-373 is designed to intercept cruise missiles, drones, combat aircraft, and ballistic missiles at terminal altitudes, and employs three different missile variants...
On January 5, the Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) notified Congress of U.S. Department of State approval for a potential Foreign Military Sale to Mexico. The Mexican government requested to purchase six Harpoon Block II surface launched missiles, 23 Block II Rolling Airframe Missiles (RAM), six MK 54 Mod 0 lightweight torpedoes, in addition to several...
On January 5, Saudi Air Defense intercepted a Qaher-M2 short-range ballistic missile targeting the country’s southwestern city of Najran. According to the official spokesperson of the Arab Coalition, Colonel Turki al-Maliki, the Houthi missile was intercepted by the Patriot defense system north of Najran, resulting in minor damage to private property due to the shrapnel, but...
On Thursday, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) sanctioned five Shahid Bakeri Industrial Group (SBIG) subordinates: Shahid Kharrazi Industries, Shahid Sanikhani Industries, Shahid Moghaddam Industries, Shahid Eslami Research Center, and Shahid Shustari Inudstries. All of these entities are assessed to be responsible for different stages in the development and...
On January 2, Ukrainian defense officials released pictures of the indigenously produced Grom-2 (“Thunder-2”). The Grom-2 is a surface-to-surface, short-range ballistic missile with a reported range of up to 280 km, a distance that a Ukrainian military website notes “corresponds to the parameters of the Missile Technology Control Regime.” Additional reports indicate that Saudi Arabia...
On December 17, India failed an attempted launch of a K-4 submarine-launched ballistic missile from a submerged pontoon. Indian officials have not released a cause of failure, but according to one Indian news source, the it was caused by “a failure in the missile’s ignition following its ejection from the submerged pontoon.” The K-4 is...
In November, China conducted two tests the new DF-17 medium-range ballistic missile (MRBM), the first missile with a hypersonic glide vehicle (HGV) designed for operational deployment by the People’s Liberation Army Rocket Force (PLARF). The first test took place from the Jiuquan Space Launcher Center in Inner Mongolia and traveled a range of approximately 1,400...
