DefenceTalkAustralia said Thursday it has snapped up a US offer to obtain the same long-range, mobile rocket system Ukraine has deployed on the battlefield against invading Russian forces. The government said the High Mobility Artillery Rocket System (HIMARS) would deter attacks on Australia but could also be transported by plane for deployment worldwide. “The effectiveness […]https://www.defencetalk.com/australia-buys-ukraine-tested-us-missile-system-79681/

DefenceTalkUS-made precision rockets have given Ukraine forces a major battlefield boost since they were introduced in June, tilting the balance against the Russians and possibly forcing Moscow to pause its offensive, experts said. Since mid-June, using the Himars missile systems, Ukraine has destroyed more than 20 major Russian ammunition depots and command posts that were […]https://www.defencetalk.com/himars-precision-rockets-shift-the-balance-in-ukraine-experts-79080/

The second stage of Russia’s deliveries of S-400 missile systems to Turkey has been completed, Turkey’s Ministry of National Defense announced on Sunday. “Today the supplies of the second battery of the S-400 have been completed at the Murted airfield in Ankara,” the statement said. The S-400 supplies to Turkey began on August 27, 2019. […]

DefenceTalkFor the first time in nearly 15 years, 7th Army Training Command’s Joint Multinational Readiness Center will soon begin observing, coaching and training Soldiers using the FIM-92 Stinger Man-Portable, Air Defense Missile System during future exercises. In preparation for this, approximately 50 Observer Coach/Trainers, known as OC/Ts, attended their own training on the Stinger system […]https://www.defencetalk.com/jmrc-plans-to-incorporate-shorad-into-exercises-71064/

DefenceTalkThe Iskander-M (NATO reporting name: SS-26 Stone) tactical ballistic missile system will be operational during the next 25-30 years and proposals for its upgrade are being considered by Russia’s Defense Ministry, General Designer of the Machine-Building Design Bureau Valery Kashin told TASS. “We have worked out proposals to upgrade the system. They are being considered […]https://www.defencetalk.com/russias-defense-ministry-considering-iskander-missile-system-upgrade-68904/

DefenceTalkRussia said it has sent an advanced missile system to the Syrian port of Tartus, as tensions escalate between Moscow and Washington over the five-year conflict. The announcement came after Washington said it was suspending talks with Moscow aimed at reviving a ceasefire deal over Russia’s support for the regime of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. […]https://www.defencetalk.com/russia-sends-missile-system-to-syria-port-68276/

DefenceTalkTurkey is in the final stages of a developing a new missile defense system to prevent rocket attacks on its cities by the Islamic State, Turkey’s defense minister says. The system has been in the development process for the last 18 months and will be in the test phase this week before being deployed to […]https://www.defencetalk.com/turkey-tests-missile-defense-system-to-blunt-is-attacks-68278/

DefenceTalkThe People’s Republic of China (PRC) has made yet another increasingly assertive and militaristic move in the South China Sea, by delivering and setting up Surface-to-Air Missile (SAM) systems on the much-disputed Woody Island. This comes just five months since China’s president Premier Xi Jinping stated that his country will not militarise the South China […]https://www.defencetalk.com/china-deploys-sams-in-south-china-sea-66784/

DefenceTalkLOS ANGELES AFB: Lieutenant General Samuel Greaves, Commander of the Air Force Space and Missile Systems Center (SMC) and Air Force Program Executive Officer for Space, has announced the certification of Space Exploration Technologies Corporation’s (SpaceX) Falcon 9 Launch System for national security space missions. SpaceX is now eligible for award of qualified national security […]https://www.defencetalk.com/spacex-certified-for-us-national-security-space-missions-64330/