Further strengthening its capabilities to hit enemy targets from submarines, India on Sunday successfully test-fired the 3,500 km strike range nuclear-capable K-4 submarine-launched ballistic missile off the coast of Andhra Pradesh. The test-firing was carried out from an underwater platform in the sea during the daytime, government sources told ANI. The missile is being developed […]

DefenceTalkIndia on Tuesday test-fired its nuclear capable strategic missile Agni-4 from a test range off eastern state of Odisha’s coast. Supported by a mobile launcher, the sleek missile was flight tested from the launch complex-4 of Integrated Test Range at Wheeler Island, at about 10:20 a.m. local time, local media reported. The test conducted by […]https://www.defencetalk.com/india-test-fires-nuclear-capable-strategic-missile-61113/

DefenceTalkThe US Air Force said Thursday it sacked nine nuclear missile officers and will discipline dozens of others over an exam cheating scandal that has sparked concerns about lax ethics. The officers, including chiefs of four squadrons, were all working at Malmstrom Air Force base in Montana, which has been rocked by cheating allegations that […]https://www.defencetalk.com/us-air-force-fires-nine-in-nuclear-missile-cheating-scandal-59157/

DefenceTalkThe Minuteman missile is a core component of the U.S. nuclear triad originally created in the late 1950s. Minuteman missiles were deployed in underground silos in the Great Plains in the early 1960s to deter a Soviet nuclear attack. Some critics claim the Minuteman is a Cold War era weapon irrelevant to today’s force, but […]https://www.defencetalk.com/modernization-of-minuteman-iii-needs-to-begin-now-59000/

DefenceTalkRussia’s Navy is expected to receive 40 new warships and auxiliary vessels in 2014, a high-ranking official said Friday. In addition to surface ships of various classes, the navy will also commission the third Borey-class nuclear powered ballistic missile submarine, the Vladimir Monomakh, and a Varshavyanka-class diesel electric submarine, Rear Admiral Viktor Bursuk, a deputy […]https://www.defencetalk.com/russian-navy-to-get-40-new-ships-in-2014-50026/