DefenceTalkGermany is looking at buying an Israeli anti-missile shield system that could also offer protective cover for neighboring EU states, Chancellor Olaf Scholz said Sunday. “I can reveal to you that that is certainly among the things that we are discussing, and for good reasons,” Scholz told state television channel ARD. The chancellor’s comments confirmed […]https://www.defencetalk.com/germany-mulling-israeli-anti-missile-shield-purchase-78517/

DefenceTalkNorth Korean leader Kim Jong Un has vowed to build up “overwhelming” and unstoppable military power, state media reported Monday, days after he presided over the nation’s biggest missile launch. Kim’s comments follow Pyongyang successfully carrying out the launch in defiance of crippling international sanctions on Thursday, the first time the North has fired an […]https://www.defencetalk.com/north-koreas-kim-vows-overwhelming-military-power-state-media-78520/

DefenceTalkNorth Korea’s leader Kim Jong Un personally oversaw the test-firing of the country’s “new type” of intercontinental ballistic missile to boost its nuclear deterrent against the US “imperialists”, state media reported Friday. The Thursday launch was the first time Pyongyang has fired Kim’s most powerful missiles at full range since 2017, and it appears to […]https://www.defencetalk.com/north-korea-says-kim-ordered-test-of-new-type-of-icbm-78496/

DefenceTalkThe United States has actively pursued the development of hypersonic weapons-maneuvering weapons that fly at speeds of at least Mach 5-as a part of its conventional prompt global strike program since the early 2000s. In recent years, the United States has focused such efforts on developing hypersonic glide vehicles, which are launched from a rocket […]https://www.defencetalk.com/report-to-us-congress-on-hypersonic-weapons-78473/

DefenceTalkBritain will deploy its latest medium-range missile defence system in Poland, Defence Secretary Ben Wallace announced Thursday in Warsaw. Poland, which borders Ukraine, risks becoming a future target of Russian attacks after Vladimir Putin invaded Ukraine on February 24. The Sky Sabre system will help Poland defend its airspace from Russian weapons. “As a NATO […]https://www.defencetalk.com/britain-to-deploy-missile-defence-system-in-poland-78445/

DefenceTalkSlovakia said Thursday it was willing to provide its Russian-made S-300 anti-aircraft missile system to Ukraine but only on the condition that it receive a substitute to avoid a NATO security gap. “We’ve been in discussion with the United States, with Ukraine and also with other allies on the possibility to deploy or to send […]https://www.defencetalk.com/slovakia-sets-terms-for-sending-s-300s-to-ukraine-78442/

DefenceTalkImages of Ukrainian troops carrying Javelin missile launchers on their shoulders have flashed around the world, making the anti-tank weapon — capable of piercing the most sophisticated armor, and particularly useful in guerrilla warfare — a symbol of Ukrainian resistance to Russia’s invasion. Western states, which want to support Ukraine militarily without entering into direct […]https://www.defencetalk.com/javelin-anti-tank-missile-symbol-of-ukraines-resistance-78430/

DefenceTalkNorth Korea fired a suspected ballistic missile that exploded mid-air shortly after launch, Seoul said Wednesday, with analysts warning it was likely a failed test of Pyongyang’s so-called “monster missile”. The launch — North Korea’s tenth suspected weapons test this year — comes after the United States said the nuclear-armed country was preparing to fire […]https://www.defencetalk.com/north-korea-suspected-ballistic-missile-explodes-after-launch-78427/

DefenceTalkNorth Korea has been using satellite subterfuge to test parts of a so-called “monster” missile, analysts say, as it gears up for a sanctions-shattering launch ahead of a key domestic anniversary. Pyongyang has conducted a record nine weapons tests so far this year, in what experts see as an effort to work through a laundry […]https://www.defencetalk.com/north-korea-plans-monster-missile-launch-by-april-analysts-78381/

DefenceTalkTwo recent missile tests conducted by North Korea were of a new intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) system, the Pentagon said Thursday, marking what one US official called a “serious escalation” that will be punished with fresh sanctions. According to North Korea, the February 26 and March 4 tests were focused on developing a reconnaissance satellite, […]https://www.defencetalk.com/us-says-north-korea-testing-new-icbm-system-78374/