DefenceTalkLos Angeles: A missile test off the California coast sparked frenzy on social media and spooked residents who believed they had just seen a UFO. The Twitter hashtags #Navy, #comet and #UFO were trending as social media users uploaded videos and pictures of the mysterious bright light illuminating the night skies. “There’s a UFO in […]https://www.defencetalk.com/california-missile-test-sparks-frenzy-spooks-residents-65783/

DefenceTalkThe White House said Tuesday that Iran likely breached a UN Security Council resolution when it tested a long-range ballistic missile, raising the prospect of recriminations. White House spokesman Josh Earnest said there were “strong indications” that Tehran “did violate UN Security Council resolutions that pertain to Iran’s ballistic missile activities.” Iran announced Sunday it […]https://www.defencetalk.com/us-says-iran-missile-test-may-have-broken-un-rules-65632/

DefenceTalkRaytheon Company successfully fired two new Pike 40 mm precision-guided munitions from a standard tube grenade launcher during flight tests at Mile High Resources in Texas. Both rounds landed within the targeted impact area after flying more than 2,300 yards. “Pike uses a digital, semi-active laser seeker to engage both fixed and slow-moving, mid-range targets,” […]https://www.defencetalk.com/miniature-pike-munitions-go-2-for-2-in-first-guided-tests-65628/

DefenceTalkBARKSDALE AIR FORCE BASE: The 91st Missile Wing completed an operational test launch of an unarmed LGM-30G Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile at Vandenberg Air Force Base, California, Aug. 19, continuing its mission of providing strategic deterrence for the U.S. and their allies. The launch fell on the 45th anniversary of the day the 91st […]https://www.defencetalk.com/45-years-on-alert-minot-conducts-minuteman-iii-test-launch-65070/

DefenceTalkOver 100 artillery rockets were launched June 16 at White Sands Missile Range, or WSMR, to test an improved version of the M270A1 Multiple Launch Rocket System, or MLRS. The test, conducted at WSMR’s G-16 impact area, saw an M270A1 MLRS vehicle equipped with a new armored cab, fire 138 rockets to ensure the improvements […]https://www.defencetalk.com/improved-multiple-launch-rocket-system-tested-64941/

DefenceTalkNorth Korea on Sunday test-fired three short-range missiles into the sea, South Korea’s defense ministry said, weeks after claiming a successful submarine-launched ballistic missile (SLBM) test. The North fired three KN-01 missiles from a site near its eastern city of Wonsan, a ministry spokesman told AFP. “The missiles appear to have a range of nearly […]https://www.defencetalk.com/north-korea-test-fires-three-short-range-missiles-64488/

DefenceTalkThe U.S. Navy and Missile Defense Agency (MDA) conducted the first flight test of the Raytheon Company Standard Missile-3 Block IIA. The interceptor’s bigger rocket motors and more capable kill vehicle will engage threats sooner and protect larger regions from short- to intermediate-range ballistic missile threats. The final assembly of the Raytheon-made Standard Missile-3 Block […]https://www.defencetalk.com/us-begins-flight-testing-advanced-missile-defense-interceptor-64421/

DefenceTalkA surface-to-air missile crashed shortly after being launched in northern Russia on Wednesday, Russian news agencies said, in a failed test that will be seen as an embarrassment for the country’s military forces. An official speaking on condition of anonymity initially told AFP the incident had involved an experimental military rocket, but state-owned weapons manufacturer […]https://www.defencetalk.com/test-missile-crashes-on-launch-in-northern-russia-63944/

DefenceTalkPakistan test-fired on Wednesday ballistic missile Ghauri, which is capable of carrying both conventional and nuclear warheads up to a distance of 1,300 kilometers. In a statement, the Inter Services Public Relations (ISPR) said the launch of the intermediate-range Ghauri was conducted by a Strategic Missile Group of the Army Strategic Forces Command (ASFC) that […]https://www.defencetalk.com/pakistan-successfully-test-fires-nuclear-capable-ghauri-missile-63852/

DefenceTalkIndia on Thursday successfully test-fired its nuclear-capable Dhanush ballistic missile with a strike range of 350 km from a naval ship off the Odisha coast. The surface-to-surface Dhanush, a naval variant of India’s indigenously-developed Prithvi missile, was test fired from a ship in the Bay of Bengal off Odisha coast by the Strategic Force Command […]https://www.defencetalk.com/nuclear-capable-dhanush-missile-successfully-test-fired-63807/