American military leaders officially confirmed that revolutionary hypersonic missile may be equipped with a nuclear warhead. In today’s Armed Services hearing, Senator King asked U.S. Northern Command (NORTHCOM) head Gen. Terrence O’Shaughnessy and Strategic Command head Adm. Charles Richar “Can hypersonics be nuclearized?” Senator King was concerned that some of hypersonic research should be going into […]

The U.S. Army has released some footage that shows a new 40-foot Transporter Erector Launcher (TEL) vehicle fitted with launch tubes for new hypersonic missiles. Using virtual reality, Soldiers from Fort Sill, Okla. are getting a rare look at components of the Army’s new prototype Long Range Hypersonic Weapon (LRHW) and influencing how the system […]

Raytheon Co., one of the world’s largest defense contractors, is providing precision munitions for firepower, a system that delivers real-time information from six cameras to a pilot’s helmet, and an advanced landing system for the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter. “It is a truly remarkable platform,” said Stan Gorenc, a retired U.S. Air Force major general and now […]

The Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) has begun testing the improved version of the Type-12 surface-to-ship missile in an air-launched configuration designed for the P-1 maritime patrol aircraft. According to several media reports, a P-1 patrol aircraft equipped with four modernized air-based Type-12 missiles made its first test flight from the Naval Air Facility Atsugi […]

The Defense Express Media & Consulting Company has released new footage of the newest Ukrainian RK-360MTs Neptun coastal missile system with R-360 cruise missiles in stunning detail. The Neptune is a coastal missile system designed to engage enemy surface fighting ships and auxiliaries vessels both single and belonging to Task Forces. The system consists of […]

The U.S. Air Force shared on Twitter a video showing an unarmed Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile test launch. According to a recent service news release, a team of Air Force Global Strike Command Airmen from the 341st Missile Wing at Malmstrom Air Force Base, Montana; the 90th MW at F.E. Warren AFB, Wyoming; and […]

The U.S. Space Force — America’s newest military branch — has test-fired a Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) on Wednesday at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, according to U.S. Strategic Command. A team of Air Force Global Strike Command Airmen from the 341st Missile Wing at Malmstrom Air Force Base, Montana; the 90th […]

The director of the Nuclear Information Project at the Federation of American Scientists, Hans Kristensen has reported that the U.S. Air Force remove B61-7 and B83-1 nuclear gravity bombs from B-52H approved weapons configuration. “B-52 bombers are no longer authorized to carry nuclear gravity bombs. New Air Force instruction describes removal of B61-7 and B83-1 […]

The U.S Air Force has achieved a significant milestone with the development of the new X-60A air-launched rocket. The Air Force Research Laboratory’s X-60A program recently achieved a key developmental milestone with the completion of integrated vehicle propulsion system verification ground testing. The X-60A is an air-launched rocket designed for hypersonic flight research. It is being developed […]

Pentagon’s No.1 weapons supplier Lockheed Martin Corp, has won a contract valued at as much as $31.9 million contract for work on the new innovative two-stage hypersonic tactical missile system. Lockheed was selected by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) as a prime contractor role for the Operational Fires (OpFires) Phase 3 Weapon System […]