DefenceTalkPotential U.S. adversaries have advanced their long-range capabilities, and the Army needs to move quickly to maintain its military edge, the service’s leaders said Monday at the Association of the Army’s Global Force Symposium in Huntsville, Alabama. Long-range precision fires, one of six modernization priorities identified by Chief of Staff of the Army Gen. Mark […]https://www.defencetalk.com/us-army-looks-to-keep-competitive-edge-with-long-range-precision-fires-71608/

DefenceTalkPakistan announced Thursday that it had successfully conducted another test-firing of a nuclear-capable, submarine-launched cruise missile (SLCM), which has a range of 450 kilometers. The indigenously developed Babur missile was fired from an underwater platform and “engaged its target with precise accuracy,” a military statement said. The rocket is capable of delivering “various types of […]https://www.defencetalk.com/pakistan-tests-sub-launched-nuclear-capable-cruise-missile-71599/

DefenceTalkYUMA PROVING GROUND, Arizona: Aviation testers here are deep into testing the latest Army aviation missile, known as the Joint Air-to-Ground Missile. The complex JAGM test was a collaborative team effort between the West Fort Hood, Texas-based Aviation Test Directorate of the U.S. Army Operational Test Command, Yuma Test Center at Yuma Proving Ground, Arizona, […]https://www.defencetalk.com/us-army-aviators-testing-next-generation-air-to-ground-missile-71480/

DefenceTalkThe Russian military test fired an upgraded air defense missile at the firing range Sary-Shagan in Kazakhstan, Russian newspaper Krasnaya Zvezda reported on Monday. “We have successfully test fired a new upgraded air defense missile,” the newspaper quoted Andrei Prikhodko, the deputy commander of Aerospace Forces’ air and missile defense task force, as saying. “The […]https://www.defencetalk.com/russian-military-test-fires-new-upgraded-air-defense-missile-71453/

DefenceTalkKARACHI: It was a landmark occasion for Pakistan Air Force (PAF) as well as the whole nation, when the indigenously produced JF-17 Thunder shot down a slow speed target with BVR (Beyond Visual Range) and IR (Infrared) missile with a pin-point accuracy at Sonmiani firing range on Friday. Chief of the Air Staff, Air Chief […]https://www.defencetalk.com/pakistan-test-fires-beyond-visual-range-missile-from-jf-17-thunder-71420/

DefenceTalkLong Range Surface-to-Surface Ballistic Missile, Agni-5, was successfully flight-tested for its full range today at 0953 hrs from Dr Abdul Kalam Island, Odisha. This was the fifth test of the Missile and the third consecutive one from a canister on a road mobile launcher. All the five missions have been successful. The flight performance of […]https://www.defencetalk.com/successful-fifth-flight-test-of-agni-5-ballistic-missile-71097/

DefenceTalkThe Navy successfully completed its first Joint Air-to-Ground Missile (JAGM) flight test on the AH-1Z helicopter Dec.5 at Patuxent River. During the flight, aircrew aboard the AH-1Z navigated the missile through various operational modes and exercised its active seeker to search and/or acquire targets, demonstrating its compatibility with the aircraft. “Initial results from the flight […]https://www.defencetalk.com/us-navy-tests-new-joint-air-to-ground-missile-on-ah-1z-helicopter-71050/

DefenceTalkThe Defense Department detected and tracked a single North Korea missile launch today at about 1:17 p.m. EST, Pentagon spokesman Army Col. Robert Manning said in a statement today. The initial assessment indicates that this missile was an intercontinental ballistic missile, he said. This is North Korea’s third ICBM test this year, following two in […]https://www.defencetalk.com/north-korea-launches-icbm-70880/

DefenceTalkNorth Korea said Wednesday it had achieved its goal of becoming a nuclear state after successfully testing a new intercontinental ballistic missile that put the “whole mainland of the US” within its range. After watching the launch of the Hwasong-15, the North’s leader Kim Jong-Un “declared with pride that now we have finally realised the […]https://www.defencetalk.com/north-korea-says-it-is-nuclear-state-with-us-in-missile-strike-range-70877/

DefenceTalkNorth Korea test fired an intercontinental ballistic missile on Wednesday, in a major challenge to US President Donald Trump after he slapped fresh sanctions on Pyongyang and declared it a state sponsor of terrorism. It was the nuclear-armed North’s first ballistic test in more than two months and an initial Pentagon assessment said the ICBM […]https://www.defencetalk.com/north-korea-tests-icbm-in-fresh-challenge-to-trump-70874/