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March 22, 2018
On March 22, India conducted a successful test fire of its BrahMos cruise missile. The test took place at the Pokhran test range in Rajasthan, northwest India, and used a missile fitted with an indigenously developed seeker rather than the standard Russian-supplied variant. The BrahMos was fired from a transporter-erector-launcher (TEL). Indian Defense Minister Nirmala...
March 19, 2018
U.S. Army officials reportedly plan to tie THAAD and Patriot air and missile defense systems together within two years. The plan accelerates the integration of the two systems in response to operational needs on the Korean Peninsula. According to BG Randy McIntire, who is charge of modernizing the Army’s AMD capabilities, the plans incorporate steps...
March 19, 2018
On March 16, Arab coalition air defenses intercepted a Houthi-launched ballistic missile targeting Al-Mokha in western Yemen. The intercept was reportedly successful, with no reports of casualties or damage. On March 18, Houthi militants targeted the Saudi city of Najran with a “military-grade projectile.” At least one Saudi citizen was injured by debris. See CSIS’s...
March 19, 2018
U.S. Army officials plan to choose an interim Short Range Air Defense (SHORAD) capability in Europe by the end of the year. Brigadier General Randy McIntire, the head of the new Army Cross-Functional Team on air and missile defense, said that the Army should be able to choose between two viable systems by the end...
March 15, 2018
On March 12, a Russian official announced that Moscow will accelerate the delivery of S-400 air and missile defense systems to Turkey due to a request from Ankara. “Turkey expressed a wish to accelerate its implementation and we managed to find the most appropriate solution as we agreed to accelerate the contract’s implementation, so I...
March 15, 2018
Commercial satellite imagery indicates that China has begun construction of its sixth Type 055 guided-missile destroyer for the People’s Liberation Army Navy (PLAN). “The imagery shows that the pier side assembly of the first modules for hull 6 began between 21 December 2017 and 3 January 2018,” an IHS Jane’s analysis notes. “Two Type 055...
March 14, 2018
On March 13, a South Korean official announced a contract to purchase 90 Taurus 350K long-range cruise missiles. “The contract was signed in late February,” said Kang Hwan-seok, spokesman for the ROK’s Defense Acquisition Program Administration (DAPA). This acquisition will supplement South Korea’s existing stockpile of 170 Taurus missiles, purchased in 2013. The Taurus has...
March 13, 2018
Russia’s Caspian Fleet flagship, the RFS Tatarstan (691), conducted live firing exercises at sea. Speaking to TASS News Agency, Russian military spokesman Vadim Astafyev said: “The crew of the Tatarstan missile ship has successfully hit air, sea and shore targets with various types of shipboard weapons, including the AK-630M artillery system, the AK-176M artillery mount...
March 13, 2018
On March 11, Russia released footage of its new ‘Kinzhal’ nuclear-capable air-launched missile. The Kinzhal was first announced by Putin earlier this month, in his State of the Union to Russia’s Federal Assembly. Putin claimed that the Kinzhal’s “unique flight characteristics of the high-speed carrier aircraft allow the missile to be delivered to the point...
March 13, 2018
Delegations from eight countries recently witnessed a successful test of the Patriot missile defense system at the White Sands Missile Range facility in New Mexico. During the test, two PAC-3 missile successfully intercepted two representative tactical ballistic missiles. The test demonstrated the newest Patriot missile defense software, Post Deployment Build-8 (PDB-8), and also the Cost...