DefenceTalkA Raytheon Company (NYSE: RTN) Standard Missile-3 Block IA fired from the USS Lake Erie destroyed a medium-range ballistic missile (MRBM) target using tracking data from a remote Raytheon sensor payload on the Space Tracking and Surveillance System-Demonstrator (STSS-D) satellites. “This test further expands our confidence in the SM-3’s ability to engage targets using remote, […]https://www.defencetalk.com/u-s-navy-uses-eyes-in-space-to-take-out-a-ballistic-missile-threat-target-46786/

DefenceTalkSouth Korea said Wednesday it would accelerate the development of longer-range ballistic missiles that could cover the whole of North Korea in response to a third nuclear test by Pyongyang. “We will speed up the development of ballistic missiles with a range of 800 kilometres (500 miles),” Defence Ministry spokesman Kim Min-Seok told reporters. In […]https://www.defencetalk.com/south-korea-to-step-up-missile-defence-after-north-test-46796/

DefenceTalkThe “Arrow” system, which is responsible for defending Israel from long-range ballistic missiles, is expected to undergo a series of improvements in 2013: An advanced radar system, a new center for interception management and capability of wider ranges of interception. “The variety of threats we’ll be able to deal with will expand” The “Arrow” weapon […]https://www.defencetalk.com/israels-arrow-missiles-to-undergo-major-overhaul-46715/

DefenceTalkIsrael has deployed a third Iron Dome missile defence battery to the north of the country a few days after carrying out an air strike inside neighboring Syria, Israeli media said on Tuesday. “The deployment of several Iron Dome batteries in the north of the country comes as part of the setting up of the […]https://www.defencetalk.com/israel-deploys-3rd-missile-system-to-north-46687/

DefenceTalkBrazil’s Defense Ministry intends to discuss purchasing air defense systems from Russia during talks with Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev later this month, the ministry said on Sunday. “We are interested in acquiring three batteries of Pantsir-S1 missiles and two batteries of Igla missiles,” General Jose Carlos De Nardi, head of the Joint Chiefs of […]https://www.defencetalk.com/brazil-wants-to-buy-russian-anti-aircraft-weaponry-46659/

DefenceTalkIranian Defense Minister Brig. Gen. Ahmad Vahidi says that Tehran has launched production of a domestically developed short-range air defense system. According to the minister, the air defense system – dubbed Ya Zahra – can detect, track and destroy short-range aerial targets, including aircraft, helicopters and drones. Vahidi added that the mobile system, which can […]https://www.defencetalk.com/minister-claims-iran-makes-short-range-air-defense-system-46613/

DefenceTalkThe Israel Missile Defense Organization (IMDO) of the Ministry of Defense, responsible for the development of Israel’s multi-level defense system, completed a series of pre-planned trials today (Monday, January 21) as part of a project to upgrade the Iron Dome missile interception system. The series of trials was designed to broaden the system’s operational capacity […]https://www.defencetalk.com/israel-successfully-tests-iron-dome-upgrade-46586/