DefenceTalkThe Fire Support Group of Yankee Company, 45 Commando Royal Marines have let rip with the next-generation light anti-tank weapon. The Arbroath-based green berets missed out on the chance for live firing back in the spring because they were deployed with HMS Bulwark rescuing migrants in the Mediterranean. Six months later and their chance came […]https://www.defencetalk.com/royal-marines-test-new-anti-tank-weapons-65948/

DefenceTalkAmerican-made anti-tank missiles are turning the tide against the Syrian regime and allied forces in a major battle in the country’s centre and northwest, rebel groups said Tuesday. Non-Islamist opposition factions say they are using the US-made TOW missiles to halt a Syrian army advance that is backed by Russian air strikes in the provinces […]https://www.defencetalk.com/rebels-say-us-made-missiles-turning-tide-against-regime-65635/

DefenceTalkSwedish defence company Saab Dynamics is close to finalizing a new arms sales deal with Saudi Arabia, financial newspaper Dagens Industri reports. Intense negotiations over the delivery of the anti-tank missile Bill 2 have been going on for nearly one year, according to Dagens Industri. The ongoing diplomatic row between Sweden and Saudi Arabia will […]https://www.defencetalk.com/new-weapons-on-the-way-to-saudi-arabia-63544/

DefenceTalkIndia has chosen to buy anti-tank guided missiles from Israel, rejecting a rival US offer, as the right-wing government clears projects worth $13.1 billion to modernize its aging military, official sources said Sunday. Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government will buy 8,356 Spike missiles and 321 launchers from Israel in a deal worth 32 billion rupees […]https://www.defencetalk.com/india-chooses-israel-over-us-for-525m-missile-deal-60857/

DefenceTalkThe State Department has made a determination approving a possible Foreign Military Sale to Estonia for Javelin missiles and associated equipment, parts, training and logistical support for an estimated cost of $55 million. The Defense Security Cooperation Agency delivered the required certification notifying Congress of this possible sale on October 6, 2014. The Government of […]https://www.defencetalk.com/us-plans-javelin-missile-sale-to-estonia-60715/

DefenceTalkGermany will send anti-tank rocket launchers, rifles and hand grenades to support Iraqi Kurds battling ISIS militants fighting for the Islamic State, the defence ministry announced Sunday. The move followed a meeting of ministers led by Chancellor Angela Merkel in Berlin to discuss what Defence Minister Ursula von der Leyen described as an “extremely critical” […]https://www.defencetalk.com/germany-to-send-anti-tank-weapons-rifles-to-iraqi-kurds-60470/

DefenceTalkLockheed Martin recently demonstrated the successful firing of a Javelin missile from a turret at the Cranfield Ordnance Test and Evaluation Centre (COTEC) near Wiltshire, England. The turret was designed and built as a joint project between Lockheed Martin U.K. in Ampthill, Bedfordshire, U.K., and Lockheed Martin Missiles and Fire Control in Dallas, Texas, and […]https://www.defencetalk.com/lockheed-demonstrates-javelin-firing-from-turret-in-uk-test-59613/

DefenceTalkMBDA’s MMP (Missile Moyenne Portée) program has passed a major phase in its development. MBDA has just demonstrated the firing capabilities of its MMP missile in an operational configuration. The launch tests were carried out in a confined space in the presence of the operator, using his firing post, and the team leader. The success […]https://www.defencetalk.com/mbda-demonstrates-mmp-firing-from-confined-spaces-59403/

DefenceTalkSyrian rebels fighting to topple President Bashar al-Assad for the first time received at least 20 US-made TOW anti-tank missiles from a “Western source,” a rebel official told AFP Tuesday. “Moderate, well-organized fighters from the Hazm movement have for the first time received more than 20 TOW anti-tank missiles from a Western source,” the source […]https://www.defencetalk.com/syria-rebels-get-us-made-missiles-source-59329/

DefenceTalkMarine Corps Light Armored Vehicle Anti-Tank prototypes are in the midst of developmental tests of upgrades that could extend their lives for decades to come. The modernization program is taking shape at various sites throughout the country. Development of the LAV-ATs has already successfully met threshold testing as four of the prototypes have fired 14 […]https://www.defencetalk.com/us-marines-test-lav-at-anti-tank-modernization-upgrade-59178/