DefenceTalkRussia’s navy will deploy a total of 26 new ships this year including four carrying Kalibr cruise missiles, President Vladimir Putin said Sunday as the country celebrated Navy Day with a show of strength. “In total in 2018 the navy should get 26 new warships, motor boats and vessels including four warships with Kalibr cruise […]https://www.defencetalk.com/russian-navy-in-show-of-strength-with-26-new-ships-this-year-71760/

DefenceTalkPakistan announced Thursday that it had successfully conducted another test-firing of a nuclear-capable, submarine-launched cruise missile (SLCM), which has a range of 450 kilometers. The indigenously developed Babur missile was fired from an underwater platform and “engaged its target with precise accuracy,” a military statement said. The rocket is capable of delivering “various types of […]https://www.defencetalk.com/pakistan-tests-sub-launched-nuclear-capable-cruise-missile-71599/

DefenceTalkThe U.S. Air Force will this summer begin testing a laser that will be mounted on an F-15 warplane, an official said Monday. The Pentagon last year awarded a $26 million contract to Lockheed Martin for a laser program called SHiELD (Self-protect High Energy Laser Demonstrator). The idea is to put a laser system on […]https://www.defencetalk.com/u-s-air-force-to-begin-fighter-mounted-laser-testing-this-summer-71579/

DefenceTalkPakistan Navy and Air Force jointly conducted long-range anti-ship cruise missile firings in North Arabian Sea, demonstrating its fire power and combat readiness. Pakistan’s Chief of Naval Staff Admiral Zafar Mahmood Abbasi and Chief of Air Staff Air Chief Marshal Sohail Aman witnessed the live weapon firing on board Pakistan Navy Ship Nasr on Monday. […]https://www.defencetalk.com/pakistan-navy-air-force-test-fire-anti-ship-cruise-missile-71547/

DefenceTalkThe Iranian naval forces for the first time tested the home-made long-range Qadir cruise missile during the wargames underway in the Sea of Oman on Tuesday. The missile could destroy simulated enemy target deep in the sea during the military exercises codenamed Mohammad Rasoulollah (PBUH) which started in the country’s Southern and Southeastern waters, South […]https://www.defencetalk.com/iranian-navy-test-fires-long-range-qadir-cruise-missile-during-drills-71175/

DefenceTalkDefence Research and Development Organization (DRDO) achieved yet another feat today with the successful test flight of ‘NIRBHAY’ – India’s first indigenously designed and developed long range subsonic cruise missile which can be deployed from multiple platforms. It was successfully test fired from the Integrated Test Range (ITR), Chandipur, Odisha. The missile has the capability […]https://www.defencetalk.com/india-conducts-successful-flight-trial-of-nirbhay-sub-sonic-cruise-missile-70752/

DefenceTalkA Russian warship and submarine have fired cruise missiles at Islamic State group targets around Palmyra in Syria from the Mediterranean, Moscow said on Wednesday (May 31), the first such strikes announced in months. The frigate Admiral Essen and submarine Krasnodar carried out four strikes against military hardware and fighters from the militnat group who […]https://www.defencetalk.com/russian-warship-sub-fire-cruise-missiles-at-is-in-syria-70109/

DefenceTalkThe UK and French Ministries of Defence have jointly announced they have contracted MBDA for the mid-life refurbishment of Storm Shadow / SCALP EG cruise missiles. This will prolong the operational superiority of the weapon against the anticipated evolving threat well into next decade This constitutes another major step in the Franco-British route map, continuing […]https://www.defencetalk.com/mbda-to-lead-the-mid-life-refurbishment-of-storm-shadow-scalp-missiles-69287/

DefenceTalkThe BrahMos light cruise missile will be mounted both in submarines’ torpedo launchers and on Russia’s fifth-generation T-50 PAK FA (Prospective Airborne Complex of Frontline Aviation) fighter jet, CEO and General Designer of the Machine-Building R&D Consortium Alexander Leonov said on Friday. “We are working on the missile’s light version. It should fit the size […]https://www.defencetalk.com/russia-india-to-develop-brahmos-light-cruise-missile-for-pak-fa-fighter-jet-68947/

DefenceTalkAir Force B-52H Stratofortress aircrews recently tested three unarmed AGM-86B air-launched cruise missiles, demonstrating the bomber force’s ability to configure, load, fly and deliver the nation’s only nuclear cruise missile. The B-52H aircrews departed Minot Air Force Base, North Dakota, for the Utah Test and Training Range, about 80 miles west of Salt Lake City, […]https://www.defencetalk.com/air-launched-cruise-missile-passes-tests-on-b-52-bomber-68866/