DefenceTalkMinuteman III intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs) that make up one part of the American nuclear deterrent remain highly relevant to security. The ICBM force provides many benefits that other strategic systems do not: they shorten the time needed to execute the president’s response to a nuclear attack, increase the total number of targets an adversary […]https://www.defencetalk.com/new-icbms-necessary-to-secure-the-american-strategic-deterrent-66813/

DefenceTalkThe People’s Liberation Army has for the first time publicly displayed some of the most modern and deadliest missiles in its possession. During rehearsals for the military parade due to be held on September 3, commemorating the 70th anniversary of the Chinese victory over Japan in World War II, glimpses of a number of new […]https://www.defencetalk.com/china-reveals-deadliest-guam-killer-missile-for-first-time-65237/

DefenceTalkBARKSDALE AIR FORCE BASE: The 91st Missile Wing completed an operational test launch of an unarmed LGM-30G Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile at Vandenberg Air Force Base, California, Aug. 19, continuing its mission of providing strategic deterrence for the U.S. and their allies. The launch fell on the 45th anniversary of the day the 91st […]https://www.defencetalk.com/45-years-on-alert-minot-conducts-minuteman-iii-test-launch-65070/

DefenceTalkThe U.S. Air Force has awarded Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE:NOC) a contract for the support of Minuteman III Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (ICBM) Ground Subsystems. Northrop Grumman is the sole award recipient for the indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity contract that is worth $963.5 million, with an initial award value of approximately $4.4 million. The work will be […]https://www.defencetalk.com/northrop-grumman-receives-icbm-sub-system-support-contract-62017/

DefenceTalkRussia has successfully tested a submarine-based inter-continental ballistic missile (ICBM), the Defense Ministry said Wednesday. “The Sineva ICBM was launched from the underwater position. The warhead reached targets at the Kura range on the Kamchatka Peninsula,” the ministry’s press service said. The Sineva was launched by the Tula nuclear-powered submarine in the Barents Sea, a […]https://www.defencetalk.com/russia-test-fires-submarine-based-icbm-60962/

DefenceTalkThe Russian Strategic Missile Forces test-fired on Saturday a Topol-M intercontinental ballistic missile from a launch site in northwestern Russia, the country’s Defense Ministry said. “The (MBR) RT-2PM2 ,Topol-M’, a silo-based intercontinental ballistic missile, was launched on November 1, at 9:20 a.m. [local time, or 6:20 GMT] from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome,” the ministry said in […]https://www.defencetalk.com/russia-test-fires-topol-m-intercontinental-ballistic-missile-60954/

DefenceTalkRussia has successfully test-fired a Bulava submarine-launched ballistic missile (SLBM) from the Borey-class Yury Dolgoruky nuclear-powered submarine, the Russian Defense Ministry said Wednesday. The missile was launched from the submerged submarine at a location in the Barents Sea and hit a designated target at the Kura test range on Russia’s Kamchatka peninsula, the ministry said […]https://www.defencetalk.com/russia-test-fires-bulava-sea-based-ballistic-missile-60912/

DefenceTalkChina has flight tested an upgraded version of its 10,000-km range Dongfeng missile which could reach most of the US and European cities, days ahead of its October 1st National Day to demonstrate its nuclear capability, media reports said. The People’s Liberation Army, (PLA) launched a Dongfeng-31B on September 25 from the Wuzhai Missile and […]https://www.defencetalk.com/china-test-fires-10000-km-range-nuclear-missile-df-31b-60687/

DefenceTalkChina has acknowledged the existence of a new intercontinental ballistic missile said to be capable of carrying multiple nuclear warheads as far as the United States, state-run media reported Friday. A government environmental monitoring center in Shaanxi said on its website that a military facility in the province was developing Dongfeng-41 (DF-41) missiles, the Global […]https://www.defencetalk.com/china-confirms-new-generation-long-range-missiles-report-60322/

DefenceTalkFresh satellite images suggest North Korea might be wrapping up engine trials on an intercontinental ballistic missile, fueling speculation of a full-scale flight test to come, a US think-tank said Wednesday. Development of a working ICBM would be a game-changing step, bringing the continental United States into range and adding a whole new threat level […]https://www.defencetalk.com/north-korea-may-be-closer-to-full-icbm-test-us-think-tank-60298/