DefenceTalkNew test launches of the troubled Bulava missile will start later this year following a recent unsuccessful launch that forced the Russian military to suspend sea trials of new Borey-class subs, a senior government official said. Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu has ordered five additional launches of Bulava SLBM following a failed launch on September […]https://www.defencetalk.com/russia-to-resume-bulava-missile-tests-by-year-end-49057/

DefenceTalkAdversaries’ sophisticated air defense systems can make it difficult for current air- and surface-launched anti-ship missiles to hit their targets at long range. To engage specific enemy warships from beyond the reach of counter-fire systems, warfighters may require launching multiple missiles or employing overhead targeting assets such as radar-equipped planes or Global Positioning System (GPS) […]https://www.defencetalk.com/anti-ship-missile-prototype-conducts-first-solo-test-flight-49044/

DefenceTalkIsrael on Tuesday launched a missile over the Mediterranean in a joint exercise with the United States that came as Washington mulls punitive air strikes on Syria. Speculation mounted after the missile firing at 0615 GMT, with Russia’s defence ministry saying its early-warning system had detected two ballistic missile launches from the central Mediterranean sea […]https://www.defencetalk.com/israel-says-missile-tested-in-joint-exercise-with-us-48950/

DefenceTalkIran has developed a second rocket-launching facility which will likely be used to test ballistic missiles, a London-based defence analysis group said Thursday. IHS Jane’s said it had pinpointed the site outside the city of Shahrud, around 350 kilometres (220 miles) east of Tehran, near the Caspian Sea and the Turkmenistan border. By analysing satellite […]https://www.defencetalk.com/new-iran-launchpad-for-ballistic-missile-tests-experts-48703/

DefenceTalkFollowing recent testing failures, the director of the Missile Defense Agency told Congress today that he is committed to a full evaluation of the way forward for the nation’s ballistic missile defense system. Navy Vice Adm. James Syring told members of the Senate Appropriations Committee’s defense subcommittee that the most recent flight test, conducted July […]https://www.defencetalk.com/additional-missile-defense-tests-necessary-dod-official-48514/

DefenceTalkIsrael on Friday staged what it said was a planned test of a rocket propulsion system at a military base on the Mediterranean coast. Israeli media, citing analysts, said the test appeared to be of a version of the Jericho ballistic missile with a range of at least 5,000 kilometres (3,100 miles), easily capable of […]https://www.defencetalk.com/israel-tests-rocket-system-ministry-48507/

DefenceTalkThe US military will go ahead with the deployment of a missile defense system in Alaska despite the recent test failure of an interceptor missile, officials said Tuesday. Pentagon spokesman George Little said the unsuccessful test on Friday of a Ground Based Interceptor (GBI) was no reason to scrap deployment of the weapons in Alaska. […]https://www.defencetalk.com/missile-plan-to-go-ahead-despite-test-failure-us-48348/

DefenceTalkAmerica’s missile defense system failed on Friday in a test over the Pacific, with an interceptor failing to hit an incoming ballistic missile, the Pentagon said. The miss represented yet another setback for the costly ground-based interceptors, which have not had a successful test result since 2008. The test’s objective was to have an interceptor, […]https://www.defencetalk.com/us-missile-defense-test-fails-pentagon-48298/

DefenceTalkLockheed Martin’s (LMT) PAC-3 Missile Segment Enhancement (MSE) Missile successfully engaged, intercepted and destroyed two different threat representative targets during a flight test today at White Sands Missile Range, N.M. The first target engagement involved two PAC-3 MSE Missiles ripple fired against an advanced Tactical Ballistic Missile (TBM) target. The first MSE Missile successfully engaged […]https://www.defencetalk.com/lockheed-martin-conducts-successful-pac-3-mse-missile-flight-test-48051/

DefenceTalkAirmen launched an unarmed Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile here during an operational test at 6:27 a.m. PST, today. Col. Brent McArthur, the 30th Space Wing’s Vice Wing Commander, was the launch decision authority. The launch team, under the direction of the 576th Flight Test Squadron, included crew members from the 91st Missile Wing, Minot […]https://www.defencetalk.com/minuteman-iii-test-missile-launches-from-vandenberg-afb-47884/