DefenceTalkIran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps on Wednesday announced the development of a surface-to-surface missile whose stated range would put arch foe Israel within reach. The Guards’ Sepahnews website said the missile was named the Khaybarchekan after a victorious battle fought by the Prophet Mohammed in the seventh century. Armed forces chief of staff Mohammad Bagheri […]https://www.defencetalk.com/iran-unveil-missile-said-to-put-israel-in-reach-77883/

DefenceTalkNorthrop Grumman has announced the successful completion of the second flight test of its AGM-88G Advanced Anti-Radiation Guided Missile Extended Range (AARGM-ER). The U.S. Navy launched the missile from an F/A-18 Super Hornet aircraft on Jan. 21 at the Point Mugu Sea Range off the coast of southern California. The missile performed an extended range […]https://www.defencetalk.com/aargm-er-missile-completes-second-successful-missile-live-fire-77849/

DefenceTalkIn October 2021, Gen. John Hyten, then-vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, warned that China’s military capabilities would soon surpass that of both Washington and Moscow. Hyten claimed that, within a five-year period, Beijing had conducted hundreds of hypersonic weapons tests, versus the nine completed by the US. As the US attempts to […]https://www.defencetalk.com/pentagon-hopes-to-light-a-fire-for-hypersonic-development-during-high-level-defense-meeting-77804/

DefenceTalkNorth Korea confirmed it had fired a Hwasong-12 “mid-range ballistic missile”, state media reported Monday, the first time it has tested a weapon that powerful since 2017. Seoul’s military said it had detected the launch Sunday of an intermediate-range ballistic missile — Pyongyang’s seventh weapons test in January. North Korea has never test-fired this many […]https://www.defencetalk.com/north-korea-says-sunday-test-was-hwasong-12-missile-77797/

DefenceTalkNorth Korea test-fired two different weapons systems this week, state media said Friday, while highlighting Kim Jong Un’s inspection of an “important” munitions factory. Pyongyang has conducted six weapons tests in January, including firing hypersonic missiles, doubling down on Kim’s call to build “military muscle” with one of the most intense single-month barrages on record […]https://www.defencetalk.com/north-korea-confirms-missile-tests-as-kim-inspects-important-munitions-factory-77779/

DefenceTalkNorth Korea appeared to have fired two cruise missiles Tuesday morning, South Korea’s military said, in what would be the nuclear-armed country’s fifth weapons test this month. Pyongyang has rebuffed US offers of talks and embarked on a flurry of sanctions-busting tests in 2022, flexing its military muscles and ramping up the rhetoric against Washington. […]https://www.defencetalk.com/north-korea-appears-to-have-fired-cruise-missiles-seoul-says-77760/

DefenceTalkNorth Korea fired two railway-borne tactical guided missiles, state media reported Saturday, the country’s third weapons test this month despite a volley of new United States sanctions. South Korea’s military said it had detected the launch of two short-range ballistic missiles Friday afternoon, just hours after Pyongyang accused the United States of “provocation” over fresh […]https://www.defencetalk.com/north-korea-fired-railway-borne-missiles-in-third-test-this-year-77691/

DefenceTalkNorth Korea has fired an unidentified projectile eastward, South Korean and Japanese officials said Friday, the nuclear-armed country’s third suspected weapons test in just over a week. The new suspected test comes after the United States imposed new sanctions this week, prompting Pyongyang to vow never to give up its “right to self defence”. “North […]https://www.defencetalk.com/north-korea-fires-unidentified-projectile-souths-military-77688/

DefenceTalkNorth Korea fired a suspected ballistic missile into the sea on Tuesday, with South Korea’s military warning the second such weapons test in less than a week showed clear signs of progress. The early-morning launch came as the UN Security Council met in New York to discuss last week’s test of what Pyongyang called a […]https://www.defencetalk.com/north-korea-fires-second-missile-in-less-than-a-week-77657/

DefenceTalkNorth Korea has successfully tested a hypersonic missile, state media reported Thursday, in the first major weapons test by the nuclear-armed nation this year. This was the second reported test of what Pyongyang claimed were hypersonic gliding missiles, as it pursues the sophisticated technology despite international sanctions and condemnation. Hypersonic missiles move far faster and […]https://www.defencetalk.com/north-korea-says-it-tested-hypersonic-missile-2-77627/