DefenceTalkIn accordance to the task assigned by the Supreme Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Armed Forces concerning enhancing combat operations of the aviation in the Syrian Arab Republic, crews of Tu-160, Tu-95MS and Tu-22M3 long-range aircraft of the Russian Aerospace Forces carried out strikes with air-based cruise missiles at the ISIS terrorist objects within the air […]https://www.defencetalk.com/russian-forces-strike-isis-targets-with-cruise-missiles-65879/

DefenceTalkRussian Navy launched cruise missiles against ISIS infrastructural facilities in Syria. Russian Navy consisting of the Dagestan missile ship, the small-sized missile ships Grad Sviyazhsk, Uglich, Veliky Ustyug launched cruise missiles against ISIS infrastructural facilities in Syria from the assigned district of the Caspian Sea. The firing was conducted by high-precision ship missile systems Kalibr […]https://www.defencetalk.com/russian-navy-launched-cruise-missiles-against-isis-in-syria-65579/

DefenceTalkGrom, a next-generation high-precision bomb was unveiled at MAKS-2015 International Air Show in Zhukovsky, outside Moscow. Tactical Missile Corporation, which developed the new piece of deadly equipment, presented an export version of the bomb. The Grom (Russian “Thunder”) family comprises of two versions of the bomb – the Grom-1 and the Grom-2. The Grom-1 is […]https://www.defencetalk.com/russias-newest-grom-smart-bombs-unveiled-at-maks-2015-65254/

DefenceTalkChina is building a modern and regionally powerful navy with a limited but growing capability for conducting operations beyond China’s near-seas region. Observers of Chinese and U.S. military forces view China’s improving naval capabilities as posing a potential challenge in the Western Pacific to the U.S. Navy’s ability to achieve and maintain control of blue-water […]https://www.defencetalk.com/china-naval-modernization-implications-for-us-navy-capabilities-3-64983/

DefenceTalkPoland is seeking advanced cruise missiles to equip three new submarines it wants to acquire by 2030, the NATO member’s minister of defence said Thursday. Tomasz Siemoniak confirmed on Polish public radio that Poland had asked the United States about the availability of Raytheon’s Tomahawk cruise missiles. “Last year, I decided that Polish vessels should […]https://www.defencetalk.com/poland-seeking-submarine-launched-cruise-missiles-63491/

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/

DefenceTalkIndia successfully test-fired its first domestically built nuclear-capable long-range cruise missile Friday, marking another step in building up the country´s defence prowess. The “Nirbhay”, or “fearless”, missile blasted off from a mobile launcher at the Integrated Missile Test Range in Chandipur in the eastern state of Orissa, the Press Trust of India reported. “The trial […]https://www.defencetalk.com/india-test-fires-first-home-made-cruise-missile-60771/

DefenceTalkLockheed Martin has contracted Exelis to manufacture composite-material bodies and structures for more than 400 air-to-ground cruise missiles. The award, for production Lot 11 and Lot 12 of the Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Missile is a follow-on contract and carries a value of about $20 million. “We believe this contract is a reflection of our customer’s […]https://www.defencetalk.com/lockheed-orders-more-cruise-missile-bodies-from-exelis-60736/