DefenceTalkIndia today successfully test-fired a new surface-to-air missile developed jointly with Israel, from a defence base off Odisha coast. The medium range missile, which will fulfill a huge Indian army requirement, was fired from a mobile launcher in the Integrated Test Range at Chandipur around 8.15 am, said an official of the Defence Research and […]https://www.defencetalk.com/india-test-fires-surface-to-air-missile-developed-jointly-with-israel-67760/

DefenceTalkFollowing system validation one year ago, Diehl Defence’s IRIS-T Surface Launched (IRIS-T SL) demonstrated its full performance as the most advanced Short to Medium Range Surface-to-Air Missile (SAM). During this final firing campaign, concluding guided missile qualification at the Overberg Test Range in South Africa in January 2015, three guided firings were executed in different […]https://www.defencetalk.com/diehl-iris-t-sl-missile-qualifies-after-latest-firing-tests-62842/

DefenceTalkInside the Improved Moving Target Simulator, Fort Sill’s newest Avenger crew members are encapsulated in training necessary to take down enemy aerial targets. The Improved Moving Target Simulator, or IMTS, is a high-tech simulator that recently underwent renovations from its previous model, the Joint Fires Multipurpose Dome. Earl Bailey, Avenger Stinger Schoolhouse equipment specialist, said […]https://www.defencetalk.com/sill-simulator-trains-stinger-crews-60465/

DefenceTalkBrazilian President Dilma Rousseff told her Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin on Monday that Brasilia was keen on obtaining air defenses from Moscow and cooperating on nuclear energy. Putin’s visit is part of an ambitious Latin American tour that has already taken him to Cuba and Argentina as he seeks to shore up support for his […]https://www.defencetalk.com/brazil-interested-in-russian-air-defenses-rousseff-60157/

DefenceTalkThis was the first live-fire tests carried out on the land-based launcher of the Umkhonto SAM, developed by Denel’s guided weapons division, Denel Dynamics. The tests were conducted, recently, at the Denel Overberg Test Range on the southern tip of Africa. Observers from nine countries joined officials from the Ministry of Defence, Armscor and the […]https://www.defencetalk.com/denel-tests-extended-range-umkhonto-surface-to-air-missile-49350/