DefenceTalkRussia has dispatched a new ship armed with cruise missiles to the Mediterranean, the navy announced Saturday, as reports said it is bound for Syria. The Zelyony Dol, a patrol ship armed with Kalibr cruise missiles that only joined the Black Sea fleet in December, departed for the Mediterranean, the Black Sea fleet said in […]https://www.defencetalk.com/russia-sends-brand-new-cruise-missile-ship-to-syria-report-66732/

DefenceTalkPakistan on Tuesday conducted a successful flight test of the indigenously developed Air Launched Cruise Missile (ALCM) – Ra’ad – said the military’s media wing in a statement. The flight test of the cruise missile, which is also known as Hatf VIII, was the seventh since it was first tested in 2007. It is essentially […]https://www.defencetalk.com/pakistan-successfully-tests-raad-cruise-missile-ispr-66425/

DefenceTalkIt wasn’t until the early 1970 that western arms makers finally realized the advantages offered by cruise missiles. The Americans developed the Harpoon anti-ship missile, the French followed up with the Exocet and 1981 saw the entry of America’s famous Tomahawk cruise missile. Not to be outdone, the Soviet Union focused on the development of […]https://www.defencetalk.com/top-gun-why-nothing-comes-close-to-russias-vulkan-missile-66277/

DefenceTalkLockheed Martin and Turkish company Roketsan signed a contract to cooperatively develop the SOM-J missile for integration into the F-35 internal weapons bay. SOM-J is a new generation air-to-surface standoff cruise missile. The contract enables the companies to move forward with their Technical Assistance Agreement, making the SOM-J missile available to international customers. SOM-J integration […]https://www.defencetalk.com/lockheed-and-roketsan-to-develop-mid-range-cruise-missile-for-the-f-35-65412/

DefenceTalkPARIS: France has agreed ‘in principle’ to India’s request for a crucial internal guidance technology to be provided by French company Safran (Sagem) for the BrahMos missiles. The issue was discussed in a bilateral meeting between the French Minister of Defence Jean-Yves Le Drian and visiting Indian Minister of State for Defence Production Rao Inderjit […]https://www.defencetalk.com/france-to-supply-key-technology-for-brahmos-missiles-64604/

DefenceTalkNorth Korea test-fired three anti-ship cruise missiles Saturday, following warnings from Pyongyang that it would fire on South Korean naval vessels it accuses of violating the disputed Yellow Sea border. The South Korean Defence Ministry said the three short-range KN-01 missiles were fired from a warship off the northeastern port of Wonsan. The first was […]https://www.defencetalk.com/north-korea-tests-anti-ship-cruise-missiles-seoul-64142/

DefenceTalkThe Indian Air Force plans to start mounting BrahMos cruise missiles on its aircraft in 2016, BrahMos Aerospace CEO Sudhir Mishra told RIA Novosti Wednesday. The short-range supersonic missile was jointly developed by Russia and India and has been in use by the Indian Navy since 2005. “The missile is scheduled to be adopted in […]https://www.defencetalk.com/indian-air-force-to-use-brahmos-missile-by-2016-63576/

DefenceTalkA synthetically guided Tomahawk cruise missile successfully hit its first moving maritime target Jan. 27 after being launched from the USS Kidd (DDG-100) near San Nicolas Island in California. The Tomahawk Block IV flight test demonstrated guidance capability when the missile in flight altered its course toward the moving target after receiving position updates from […]https://www.defencetalk.com/us-navy-demos-synthetic-guidance-technology-with-tomahawk-missile-62806/

DefenceTalkPakistan on Monday conducted a successful flight test of the indigenously developed Air Launched Cruise Missile (ALCM) “Ra’ad”, said an Inter Services Public Relations (ISPR) press release. The Ra’ad missile, with a range of 350 km, enables Pakistan to achieve ‘strategic standoff capability’ on land and at sea. “Cruise Technology” is extremely complex and has […]https://www.defencetalk.com/pakistan-flight-tests-air-launched-cruise-missile-alcm-raad-62497/

DefenceTalkIn partnership with the Missile Defense Agency, a U.S. Navy destroyer successfully engaged ballistic and cruise missile targets simultaneously with a Raytheon-made (RTN) Standard Missile-3 and Standard Missile-2s in a complex integrated air and missile defense exercise. “This test showcases the U.S.’s ability to defend against numerous ballistic and cruise missile threats in ‘raid’ scenarios,” […]https://www.defencetalk.com/sm-3-sm-2s-take-on-ballistic-cruise-missile-targets-during-simulated-missile-attack-exercise-60971/