DefenceTalkPakistan on Monday test-fired its first submarine-launched cruise missile, capable of carrying a nuclear warhead and giving the country a credible second strike capability, the military said. The missile was fired from an underwater mobile platform and hit its target with precise accuracy, it said in a statement. A military spokesman confirmed to AFP the […]https://www.defencetalk.com/pakistan-test-fires-first-nuclear-capable-submarine-cruise-missile-68778/

DefenceTalkAnother test of the Nirbhay land-attack cruise missile, designed to carry nuclear warheads to a strike range of 1,000-km, failed on Wednesday. This was the subsonic missile’s fourth test since March 2013, all of which have more or less failed to achieve test parameters. The missile had to be destroyed in mid-air after it deviated […]https://www.defencetalk.com/indias-nuclear-capable-cruise-missiles-test-fails-for-the-fourth-time-68716/

DefenceTalkRussia is finalizing the trials of a sophisticated cruise missile designated as Kh-32 and intended to equip the Tupolev Tu-22M3 supersonic long-range bomber fleet, according to the Izvestia daily. The cutting-edge missile is virtually invulnerable to ground-based air defenses and interceptors of a potential adversary. Once launched, the product of the Raduga Design Bureau climbs […]https://www.defencetalk.com/kh-32-advanced-cruise-missile-tests-drawing-to-a-close-in-russia-68054/

DefenceTalkThe town of Peresvet outside Moscow is home to the testing area of an exotic type of non-lethal weapon – the aerostat. A decision on whether to include blimps into the state’s 2018-2025 armament program will be made following testing, to be completed by this autumn. Military analyst Vladimir Tuchkov comments on the prospects for […]https://www.defencetalk.com/russia-designing-blimps-aimed-at-reducing-threat-of-us-cruise-missiles-67906/

DefenceTalkR&D work on the hypersonic version of the Russian-Indian BrahMos missile will start approximately in 2022, Marketing Director of the Russian-Indian BrahMos Aerospace Company Praveen Pathak told TASS on Thursday. A prototype of the BrahMos hypersonic missile is expected to be manufactured in 2024, the marketing director added. “This will be another missile with a […]https://www.defencetalk.com/russia-india-prototype-brahmos-hypersonic-missile-67582/

DefenceTalkTalks with the UAE, Chile, South Africa and Vietnam are in advanced stage concerning export the world’s fastest anti-ship cruise missile BrahMos NEW DELHI — India and Russia have agreed ‘in principle’ to export the world’s fastest anti-ship cruise missile, BrahMos, to third countries – the UAE, Vietnam, South Africa and Chile, Praveen Pathak, spokesman […]https://www.defencetalk.com/india-russia-agree-to-export-brahmos-missiles-67542/

DefenceTalkThe first tests of the Russian Navy’s new hypersonic Zircon cruise missiles have been launched in Russia, a senior defense industry source said Thursday. “The tests of the hypersonic Zircon missiles have begun using a ground-based launching site,” the source told RIA Novosti. The weapon is expected to reach the speed of 5-6 Mach. It […]https://www.defencetalk.com/russia-tests-new-hypersonic-zircon-cruise-missiles-for-5th-gen-subs-67108/

DefenceTalkAir Force Global Strike Command’s 2nd Bomb Wing and Air Combat Command’s 49th Test and Evaluation Squadron conducted an extensive evaluation exercise Dec. 8 to determine the bomber force’s ability to configure, load, fly and deliver an unarmed version of one of the Air Force’s long-range standoff weapons: the AGM-86B nuclear-capable air-launched cruise missile. The […]https://www.defencetalk.com/us-air-force-tests-b-52-bombers-armed-with-nuke-capable-cruise-missiles-66344/

DefenceTalkThe French air force used its first cruise missiles against Islamic State group targets in Iraq on Tuesday, the defence ministry said. “Launched from the United Arab Emirates and Jordan, the raid was made up of a dozen fighter planes equipped with cruise missiles and bombs,” the French ministry said in a statement. The jets […]https://www.defencetalk.com/france-uses-first-cruise-missiles-against-isis-66115/

DefenceTalkMoscow: Russia flexed its military muscles as it launched strikes in Syria for the first time from a submarine stationed in the Mediterranean, ratcheting up its bombing campaign in the war-torn country. The strikes came with Syria’s splintered opposition due to begin Saudi-organized talks in Riyadh on Wednesday for difficult discussions on forming a united […]https://www.defencetalk.com/russia-launches-syria-submarine-strikes-ahead-of-talks-66021/