DefenceTalkChina has unveiled its latest military hardware on primetime television, an advanced air defence system that reports said has a “high success rate” destroying incoming missiles and aircraft. The HongQi-10 (Reg Flag 10) surface-to-air missile was shown in the evening news bulletin Wednesday being fired from ships and land-based mobile launchers, and exploding in the […]https://www.defencetalk.com/china-shows-off-new-missile-test-on-primetime-television-60556/

DefenceTalkNorth Korea test-fired what appeared to be a short-range missile into the sea off its east coast Monday in the latest of a series of missile and rocket tests, military officials said. It was launched at 10:30 am (0130 GMT) from a site northeast of Pyongyang towards the Sea of Japan (East Sea) and flew […]https://www.defencetalk.com/north-korea-test-fires-suspected-missile-into-sea-60483/

DefenceTalkNorth Korea fired five short-range rockets into the sea off its east coast Thursday, just as Pope Francis arrived in Seoul for a five-day visit. The launches began at 9:30 am (0030 GMT) at a site near the North’s eastern port of Wonsan, with the rockets fired into the East Sea (Sea of Japan) at […]https://www.defencetalk.com/north-korea-fires-rockets-as-pope-arrives-in-south-60359/

DefenceTalkFresh satellite images suggest North Korea might be wrapping up engine trials on an intercontinental ballistic missile, fueling speculation of a full-scale flight test to come, a US think-tank said Wednesday. Development of a working ICBM would be a game-changing step, bringing the continental United States into range and adding a whole new threat level […]https://www.defencetalk.com/north-korea-may-be-closer-to-full-icbm-test-us-think-tank-60298/

DefenceTalkNorth Korean leader Kim Jong-Un guided the military’s latest rocket-firing drill, state media said Sunday, confirming the missile launch which was conducted in defiance of UN censure. Saturday’s launch was the first since the UN Security Council on July 17 officially condemned Pyongyang for its recent series of ballistic missile tests, in violation of UN […]https://www.defencetalk.com/north-korea-defies-un-censure-to-fire-missile-into-sea-60267/

DefenceTalkChina has announced the success of a missile interception test conducted from land. The test, conducted within its territory late on Wednesday, “achieved the preset goal”, according to a statement posted on the website of the Ministry of National Defense. Military authorities provided no other information about the operation. China has already successfully completed two […]https://www.defencetalk.com/chinas-land-based-missile-interception-test-successful-60252/

DefenceTalkNorth Korea fired two short-range missiles into the sea Sunday, Seoul’s military said, in an apparent show of anger at an upcoming joint military exercise between South Korea and the United States. The North fired the two ballistic missiles into the East Sea (Sea of Japan) at 1:20 and 1:30 am local time, the South’s […]https://www.defencetalk.com/north-korea-fires-two-more-missiles-into-sea-60139/

DefenceTalkNorth Korea confirmed Monday its second missile test in recent days, with leader Kim Jong-Un overseeing the drill ahead of a visit by Chinese President Xi Jinping to South Korea. The South Korean military said Sunday’s test was of two short-range Scud missiles with a range of about 500 kilometers (300 miles). A dispatch by […]https://www.defencetalk.com/north-korea-confirms-latest-missile-test-59996/

DefenceTalkThe Boeing-managed ground-based system intended to shield the continental United States successfully intercepted a simulated incoming missile over the Pacific Ocean for the first time Sunday, the Pentagon said. The Ground-based Midcourse Defense (GMD) system, with a $40 billion price tag, aims to protect against long-range ballistic missiles from so-called rogue states such as North […]https://www.defencetalk.com/us-missile-defense-system-strikes-target-in-test-59966/

DefenceTalkLockheed Martin successfully fired HELLFIRE and DAGR missiles from its Long Range Surveillance and Attack Vehicle (LRSAV) turreted weapon system during recent ground-to-ground tests at Eglin Air Force Base, Florida. The LRSAV is a fully integrated, turreted, ground-vehicle weapon system. It uses advanced missile and weapon control-system technologies and a newly developed 15-inch, spherical, mast-mounted […]https://www.defencetalk.com/lockheed-dagr-and-hellfire-ii-missiles-score-direct-hits-during-tests-59945/