DefenceTalkThe maiden flight of India’s first domestically developed long-range cruise missile was aborted midway on Tuesday after it veered off course, defence scientists said. The two-stage Nirbhay missile blasted off from the eastern state of Orissa but the test flight was halted prematurely to “ensure coastal safety”, the state-run Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) […]https://www.defencetalk.com/india-aborts-testing-of-new-cruise-missile-47173/

DefenceTalkChina is reported to have conducted the second test of its missile interceptor system on January 27, 2013 in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region.1 Quite symbolic of China’s postural patterns, the reported test comes exactly three years (and 16 days) after the first test of its ballistic missile defence (BMD) system on January 11, 2010. […]https://www.defencetalk.com/impressions-on-chinas-second-missile-interceptor-test-46909/

DefenceTalkThe coastal missile unit of the Russian Navy’s Caspian Flotilla is conducting a series of exercises to practice using the Navy’s only Bal coastal missile system, a representative of the Southern Military District said Wednesday. Participants are learning how to detect and track air- and sea-based targets, organize communications and process and transmit data that […]https://www.defencetalk.com/russian-navy-testing-missile-defense-system-in-caspian-46689/