On October 21, the U.S. State Department approved the sale of 64 MGM-140 Army Tactical Missile Systems (ATACMS) and 135 AGM-84H Standoff Land Attack Missile Expanded Response (SLAM-ER) missiles to Taiwan. On October 26, the United States also approved the sale to Taiwan of up to 400 RGM-84L-4 Harpoon Block II missiles. The sales are...
In a December 10 statement, Lockheed Martin said a prototype of the Precision Strike Missile (PrSM) was successfully test fired. The PrSM was fired from a High Mobility Artillery Rocket System (HIMARS) launcher and reached a range of 240 km. An Army priority under its Long Range Precision Fires program, PrSM is planned to replace...
On August 10, North Korea successfully test fired new short-range ballistic missiles (SRBMs) from Hamhung on the country’s east coast. According to South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff, the two missiles flew 400 km and reached a 48 km apogee before landing in the Sea of Japan. Imagery released by North Korean media has suggested...
In a June 24 release, the U.S. Department of Defense announced a $562 million sale of the Army Tactical Missile System (ATACMS) to Bahrain, Poland, and Romania. First fielded in 1986, the ATACMS surface-to-surface missile can deliver a 160-560 kg warhead at ranges up to 300 km. The contract is scheduled for completion in June...
In a report released May 2019, the Government Accountability Office announced that the Army has revised the range requirements of its upcoming Precision Strike Missile (PrSM) from 300 to 400 kilometers. Having accelerated its acquisition schedule to 2022, the Army plans to replace its Army Tactical Missile System (ATACMS) with PrSM, which would be smaller...
Congress passed a continuing resolution that extends the federal budget until January 19, which included $4.7 billion for missile defense-related spending. Lawmakers provided few details on the projects that money will be spent on, but the numbers appear to match the emergency request from the Pentagon in November. For example, the bill includes $884 million...
On November 28, the State Department approved separate $250 million Foreign Military Sales to Poland for both the High Mobility Artillery Rocket System (HIMARS) and up to 150 AIM-120C-7 Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air Missiles (AMRAAM). Included in the sale of the HIMARS are 16 Guided Multiple Launch Rocket System (GMLRS) M31A1 unitary warheads, 9 GMLRS...
On October 22, the U.S. Marine Corps successfully test fired a truck-mounted M142 High Mobility Artillery Rocket System (HIMARS) from the flight deck of the San Antonio-class USS Anchorage. The launch took place along the Southern California coast during exercise ‘Dawn Blitz 2017,’ with HIMARS engaging a land-based target at a 70 km range with...
On July 28, North Korea carried out a second flight test of its Hwasong-14 intercontinental ballistic missile. According the North Korean news sources, the missile flew on lofted trajectory to an altitude of 3,724.9 km up into the air before, traveling 998 km before falling into the Sea of Japan. North Korea launched the missile...
On July 3, North Korea successfully flight tested a Hwasong-14 intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) for the first time. The missile flew on a lofted trajectory to a range of around 930 kilometers, and to an altitude of 2,800 kilometers. This indicates the missile’s range could be as much as 7,000 kilometers when flown on a...
