DefenceTalkThe ground-breaking Sky Sabre air defence missile system was unveiled at the home of 16 Regiment Royal Artillery, Baker Barracks on Thorney Island. Sky Sabre is due in service in 2020 and will prove to be a step change in the UK’s air defences, taking it from short to medium range capability. Simply put that […]https://www.defencetalk.com/british-army-unveils-sky-sabre-air-defence-system-71426/

DefenceTalkQatar is interested in acquiring Russian anti-aircraft missile systems S-400 Triumf, and negotiations are in advanced stages, Qatar’s Ambassador to Russia Fahad bin Mohammed Al-Attiyah said in an interview with TASS. “The answer is yes, we are already in advanced negotiations,” the diplomat said, specifying that the negotiations are indeed about “air defense systems and […]https://www.defencetalk.com/qatar-plans-to-buy-s-400-air-defense-missiles-from-russia-71171/

DefenceTalkTurkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Monday that Turkish and Russian officials would meet in the coming days to finalise the deal for Russia to supply its latest S-400 air-defence system to Ankara. “Officials will come together in the coming week to finalise the necessary work on the S-400 issue I wish them success,” Erdogan […]https://www.defencetalk.com/erdogan-says-officials-to-meet-to-finalise-russia-defence-deal-70995/

DefenceTalkSouth Korea and the United States on Thursday completed the deployment of a US missile defence system to counter North Korean threats, sparking demonstrations by residents and a diplomatic protest from Beijing. A convoy of US military trucks carrying four launchers for the Terminal High-Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) system made their way through an activists’ […]https://www.defencetalk.com/south-korea-us-deploy-missile-defence-amid-china-protest-70438/

DefenceTalkIran has tested its home-grown air defence system, designed to match the Russian S-300, the head of the Revolutionary Guards’ air defence has said. “In parallel with the deployment of the S-300, work on Bavar-373 system is underway,” Farzad Esmaili told state broadcaster IRIB yesterday. “The system is made completely in Iran and some of […]https://www.defencetalk.com/iran-tests-home-grown-bavar-air-defence-system-official-70412/

DefenceTalkThe Turnbull Government has provided approval for the development of a Short-Range Ground Based Air Defence system to improve protection for deployed personnel. Minister for Defence Senator the Hon Marise Payne said the project is the first step in the development of the Australian Army’s contribution to the Australian Defence Force’s Integrated Air and Missile […]https://www.defencetalk.com/australia-picks-nasams-for-a2bn-short-range-air-defence-contract-69688/

DefenceTalkIsraeli Defence Minister Avigdor Lieberman on Sunday threatened to destroy Syrian air defence systems after they fired ground-to-air missiles at Israeli warplanes carrying out strikes. “The next time the Syrians use their air defence systems against our planes we will destroy them without the slightest hesitation,” Lieberman said on Israeli public radio. Israeli warplanes hit […]https://www.defencetalk.com/israel-threatens-to-destroy-syrian-air-defence-systems-69533/

DefenceTalkThe value of the contract with Iran for the supply of S-300 air defense systems almost reached $1 billion, the chief of the Rostec corporation, Sergey Chemezov, told the media. “The S-300 cost about one billion dollars,” he said. No more supplies of Russian weapons to Iran were due for now, he added. “We were […]https://www.defencetalk.com/value-of-s-300-contract-with-iran-reaches-almost-1-bln-69207/

DefenceTalkRussia and Turkey will open negotiations about the possible purchase by Ankara of the advanced Russian-made S-400 air-defense system. Aleksandr Fomin, head of the Russian Federal Service for Military-Technical Cooperation, told Interfax on November 18 that an intergovernmental commission will “hold a meeting soon” to discuss a possible sale of the S-400. Turkish Defense Minister […]https://www.defencetalk.com/turkey-mulls-buying-advance-russian-air-defense-system-68607/

DefenceTalkThe contract for S-400 (NATO reporting name: SA-21 Growler) surface-to-air missile (SAM) systems for China will have been carried out before 2020, Alexander Fomin, director of the Federal Service for Military-Technical Cooperation, has told journalists. “Something like that,” Fomin said when asked if plans provided for the order to be fulfilled before 2020. A military-diplomatic […]https://www.defencetalk.com/russia-to-deliver-s-400-air-defense-missile-systems-to-china-before-2020-68572/