DefenceTalkSeoul: North Korea’s “successful” submarine-launched ballistic missile test last month was, in fact, an explosive failure that was not even launched from a submarine, separate expert analyses concluded Wednesday. The North released a video of the purported December 21 test on Saturday, showing leader Kim Jong-Un — dressed in a winter coat and fedora hat […]https://www.defencetalk.com/latest-north-korea-submarine-missile-test-a-catastrophic-failure-analysts-66334/

DefenceTalkSeoul: North Korea carried out a third submarine-launched ballistic missile test last month, reports said Wednesday, as US researchers warned of the “significant threat” such a capability, if fully developed, would pose. The South Korean and US media reports, citing military officials in both countries, said the test appeared to have been conducted from a […]https://www.defencetalk.com/north-korea-conducts-new-sub-missile-test-reports-66272/

DefenceTalkIran will not accept any limitations on its missile program, Defence Minister Hossein Dehghan said on Wednesday after UN experts accused Tehran of violating a Security Council resolution. The test-firing of the Emad missile on October 10, three months after a historic nuclear deal, prompted a demand by Britain, France, Germany and the United States […]https://www.defencetalk.com/iran-says-it-will-not-accept-any-missile-restrictions-66133/

DefenceTalkPakistan test-fired a ballistic missile capable of carrying a nuclear warhead on Tuesday, its second test in three days and barely a week after the government confirmed it would resume high-level peace talks with arch-rival India. The test is the latest in a series carried out by India and Pakistan since both demonstrated nuclear weapons […]https://www.defencetalk.com/pakistan-test-fires-second-missile-in-three-days-66118/

DefenceTalkIran violated a UN resolution in October when it test-launched a medium-range missile capable of carrying a nuclear warhead, a UN panel of experts has concluded in a report that could lead to sanctions. Britain, France, Germany and the United States had asked a UN Security Council sanctions committee to investigate the launch of the […]https://www.defencetalk.com/iran-missile-launch-violated-un-resolution-un-experts-66112/

DefenceTalkISLAMABAD: Pakistan conducted a successful test launch of the medium-range Shaheen-III (Royal White Falcon or God of All Falcons) surface-to-surface ballistic missile, according to a statement from Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR). The missile is capable of carrying nuclear and conventional warheads to a range of 2,750 km. The ISPR statement added that the test flight […]https://www.defencetalk.com/pakistan-successfully-test-fires-shaheen-iii-missile-66043/

DefenceTalkJerusalem: Israel and the United States on Thursday successfully tested a ballistic missile interceptor as the Jewish state seeks to upgrade its defences in the face of regional threats, officials said. The trial from an Israeli test range involved the Arrow 3 interceptor, designed to shoot down missiles above the atmosphere, with Israel concerned over […]https://www.defencetalk.com/israel-successfully-tests-ballistic-missile-interceptor-66027/

DefenceTalkSouth Korea said Monday it was “closely watching” for any signs of an imminent North Korean missile test after Pyongyang reportedly issued a no-sail zone off its east coast. The South’s Yonhap news agency had quoted a government source on Sunday as saying the North had imposed the no-navigation zone off the coastal city of […]https://www.defencetalk.com/south-korea-on-alert-for-sign-of-north-korea-missile-test-65848/

DefenceTalkA Typhoon Instrumented Production Aircraft (IPA) has successfully completed a release of the MBDA Storm Shadow, conventionally armed, stealthy, long-range stand-off precision missile, Eurofighter GmbH has announced. This continues the series of trials that Eurofighter Partner Company, Alenia Aermacchi, is leading to demonstrate the full integration of the Storm Shadow missile with Typhoon’s weapon system. […]https://www.defencetalk.com/first-storm-shadow-missile-successfully-released-from-eurofighter-65807/

DefenceTalkChina last month conducted a test of a new missile capable of taking out US satellites as a part of Beijing’s growing arsenal in space warfare. The test of a Dong Neng-3 exoatmospheric vehicle took place on October 30, and was conducted from the Korla Missile Test Complex in western China, according to two defense […]https://www.defencetalk.com/chinas-latest-missile-test-a-threat-to-us-satellites-65801/