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/

DefenceTalkRaytheon Company has successfully flight-tested the newest variant of the combat-proven AMRAAM missile from the National Advanced Surface-to-Air Missile System, or NASAMS, surface-based system. Featuring an enlarged rocket motor and other enhancements, AMRAAM-ER will greatly expand the NASAMS engagement envelope with a 50 percent increase in maximum range and 70 percent increase in maximum altitude. […]https://www.defencetalk.com/first-amraam-er-missile-flight-tests-from-nasams-air-defense-system-68292/

DefenceTalkNorth Korea threatened Monday to take “physical action” after Washington and Seoul announced they would deploy a sophisticated US anti-missile defence system to counter the growing menace from Pyongyang. Seoul and Washington on Friday revealed their decision to deploy the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) system in the South following recent North Korean missile […]https://www.defencetalk.com/north-korea-threatens-action-over-us-anti-missile-system-67818/

DefenceTalkPolish Defense Minister Antoni Macierewicz on Monday said he would ink a letter of intent with US defense firm Raytheon to buy a Patriot missile system valued at an estimated 5 billion euros ($5.6 billion). The EU member’s previous government had said in April it planned to buy the Patriot system, but soon after coming […]https://www.defencetalk.com/poland-moves-towards-multi-billion-euro-patriot-missile-deal-67772/

DefenceTalkRussia’s Army has received another set of the Iskander-M (NATO reporting name: SS-26 Stone) tactical ballistic missile system, the press office of the Machine-Building Design Bureau told TASS. The Machine-Building Design Bureau, part of Russia’s Precision Systems Group, is the producer of the Iskander-M tactical ballistic missile system. “The entire set of the tactical ballistic […]https://www.defencetalk.com/russian-army-receives-more-iskander-m-tactical-ballistic-missile-system-67746/

DefenceTalkTaiwan plans to test-fire its newest anti-missile system for the first time in the United States next month as relations with rival China deteriorate, a defence source and media reports said Monday. Relations between China and Taiwan have cooled rapidly under the island’s new Beijing-sceptic president Tsai Ing-wen, who took office in May, ending an […]https://www.defencetalk.com/taiwan-to-test-fire-missiles-in-us-as-china-tensions-rise-67729/

DefenceTalkA united crew of the Sary-Shagan Missile Range, Russian Air and Missile Defense Force and industry “conducted at 0700 hours a successful launch of a short-range antimissile of the Russian missile defense system,” the Defense Ministry’s press office told journalists. “The purpose of the launch was to prove the characteristics of the missile defense system’s […]https://www.defencetalk.com/russian-air-and-missile-defense-force-launches-ballistic-missile-interceptor-67706/

DefenceTalkRussia is working on setting up a joint air defence system with all of its ex-Soviet military allies, a senior official said Wednesday. “The merger of regional air defence systems will pave the way for creating a common air defence (system) over the entire territory of the Collective Security Treaty Organisation,” Nikolai Bordyuzha, the head […]https://www.defencetalk.com/russia-to-set-up-joint-air-defence-system-with-ex-soviet-allies-67623/

DefenceTalkIranian Defense Minister Hossein Dehqan said Tuesday that the Russian S-300 air defense system had been delivered to the country’s air defense forces. In April, Iranian military officials said that Tehran had purchased a batch of S-300 air defense systems. Local media reported at the time that Iran had displayed the Russian-made S-300 air defense […]https://www.defencetalk.com/irans-air-force-receives-russian-s-300-air-defense-system-67441/

DefenceTalkA series of tests here is demonstrating the capabilities of a new air defense system in development by the U.S. Army. The Integrated Fire Protection Capability Increment 2-Intercept, IFPC Inc 2-I, is a defense system in development to protect Soldiers from aircraft, cruise missiles, and unmanned aerial systems, as well as artillery weapons like cannons, […]https://www.defencetalk.com/us-army-testing-air-defense-system-integration-67355/