DefenceTalkJapan is looking into buying US-developed Tomahawk cruise missiles as it seeks to counter growing regional threats, including from North Korea, the government said Friday. The purchase would likely be controversial in a nation whose military is not officially recognized under its post-World War II constitution. The Yomiuri Shimbun daily reported that Tokyo was in […]https://www.defencetalk.com/japan-studying-us-tomahawk-cruise-missile-purchase-79552/

DefenceTalkNorth Korea test-fired two different weapons systems this week, state media said Friday, while highlighting Kim Jong Un’s inspection of an “important” munitions factory. Pyongyang has conducted six weapons tests in January, including firing hypersonic missiles, doubling down on Kim’s call to build “military muscle” with one of the most intense single-month barrages on record […]https://www.defencetalk.com/north-korea-confirms-missile-tests-as-kim-inspects-important-munitions-factory-77779/

DefenceTalkNorth Korea appeared to have fired two cruise missiles Tuesday morning, South Korea’s military said, in what would be the nuclear-armed country’s fifth weapons test this month. Pyongyang has rebuffed US offers of talks and embarked on a flurry of sanctions-busting tests in 2022, flexing its military muscles and ramping up the rhetoric against Washington. […]https://www.defencetalk.com/north-korea-appears-to-have-fired-cruise-missiles-seoul-says-77760/

DefenceTalkDefenceTalkIt’s a cold December morning at White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico, and two surrogate cruise missile targets have just been launched, one after the other. They are flying separate courses among the jagged San Andres and Sacramento mountains toward soldiers in a U.S. Army Air and Missile Defense unit at a test site […]https://www.defencetalk.com/advanced-air-and-missile-defense-in-the-hands-of-soldiers-75697/

DefenceTalkISLAMABAD, Pakistan: In an impressive fire power display, live weapon firing was conducted by Pakistan Navy’s Fast Attack Craft (Missile), in the North Arabian Sea. The indigenously developed cruise missile has anti-ship missile and land attack capability. Vice Admiral Kaleem Shaukat, Vice Chief of the Naval Staff witnessed the live firing onboard a Pakistan Navy […]https://www.defencetalk.com/pakistani-navy-ship-test-fires-naval-cruise-missile-72271/

DefenceTalkIran has test-fired a cruise missile from a submarine during annual naval exercises near the Strait of Hormuz, according to state media. The missile test on February 24 comes amid heightened tensions with the United States. Iran has previously threatened to block the Strait of Hormuz, a major oil shipping route at the mouth of […]https://www.defencetalk.com/iran-test-fires-cruise-missile-from-submarine-in-military-drill-72127/

DefenceTalkAccording to Iranian state media, President Hassan Rohani has inaugurated a new domestically built submarine armed with cruise missiles, amid heightened tensions with the United States. “Today, the Islamic Republic of Iran is fully self-reliant on land, air, and sea,” Rohani told a launch ceremony in the southern port city of Bandar Abbas. “Our defensive […]https://www.defencetalk.com/iran-unveils-cruise-missile-equipped-submarine-72115/

DefenceTalkPyongyang on Friday hailed the successful test of a new type of surface-to-ship cruise missile, which it said was designed to hit “any enemy group of battleships” that threatened North Korea. The launch Thursday — the North’s fifth weapons test in a month — was overseen by leader Kim Jong-Un, the State-run Korean Central News […]https://www.defencetalk.com/north-korea-says-launch-tested-new-type-of-cruise-missile-70126/

DefenceTalkThe United States warned Russia to respect its arms control treaty obligations on Tuesday amid reports that Moscow has deployed a new cruise missile that may breach them. According to the New York Times, Moscow has secretly deployed an operational ground-launched cruise missile unit of a type that contravenes a 1987 US-Russia arms control treaty. […]https://www.defencetalk.com/us-warns-russia-amid-reports-of-new-cruise-missile-69141/

DefenceTalkThe Indian Air Force’s Sukhoi Su-30MKI (NATO reporting name: Flanker-H) multipurpose fighter jet equipped with an air-launched version of the BrahMos cruise missile has performed the first flight, spokesman for the Russian-Indian BrahMos Aerospace Company Praveen Pathak told TASS. “India’s Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) has carried out the first flight of the Su-30MKI fighter jet […]https://www.defencetalk.com/indian-su-30mki-jet-equipped-with-brahmos-cruise-missile-performs-first-flight-67723/