China Conducts Rare Ballistic Missile Test into the Pacific, Triggering Regional Alarm
China has conducted a rare submarine-launched ballistic missile test into the Pacific Ocean, prompting concern from Australia, Japan and New Zealand. Could a single missile launch reshape the strategic balance in the Indo-Pacific? That question has resurfaced after China conducted one of its most significant military demonstrations in recent years, test-firing a long-range ballistic missile from a nuclear-powered submarine into the Pacific Ocean. While Beijing described the launch as a routine military exercise, the test quickly drew critic…
US Air Force uses leftover ICBM funds to revamp Qatar plane
DefenseNews: The Air Force plans to use leftover funds from the LGM-35A Sentinel nuclear missile program to help pay for refurbishing a Qatari-donated plane into a new Air Force One presidential transport aircraft. Air Force Secretary Troy Meink said in a June 26 hearing that the reallocated Sentinel money was “excess to need in [20]24,” and stressed the program to build new intercontinental ballistic missiles and launching infrastructure would not suffer or see further delays from moving funds around. “Let me be very clear, the Sentinel progr…
Patriot missile sales to Netherlands cleared by US State Department
WASHINGTON ― The U.S. Department of State cleared a possible foreign military sale of 96 Raytheon-made Patriot surface-to-air missiles to the Netherlands in a deal estimated to be worth $1.2 billion. The Netherlands requested to buy the Patriot MIM-104E Guidance Enhanced Missile-Tactical, or GEM-T, missiles, which the State Department said support its goal of improving its defenses and increase its interoperability with the U.S. and fellow NATO forces. “The proposed sale will improve the Netherlands’ capability to meet current and future threa…
Tech Glitches Abort Missile Test
BALASORE :The Indian Air Force (IAF) authorities on Thursday aborted a mission to test Russia made short range air-to-air missile against objects flown from a defence base off the Odisha coast as the pilotless target aircraft (PTA) failed to take off. Reliable sources said the unmanned aerial vehicle - Lakshya - which was to be flown from the launching complex-II of the Integrated Test Range (ITR) at Chandipur-on-sea could not take off due to technical snags. “The test was scheduled to take place between 9 am and 10 am. It was,…
Akash missile successfully test fired for second day in a row
In a perfect launch of the same missile for second day in a row, India on Friday successfully test fired indigenously-developed surface-to-air Akash missile as part of a user trial from the Integrated Test Range (ITR) at Chandipur in Odisha. The missile with a strike range of 25 km and capability to carry warhead of 60 kg, was test fired for the second consecutive day at about 2.28pm from launch complex-3 of the ITR, defence sources said. Akash, which aimed at a para-barrel target during the trial, is a medium range surface-to-air ant…
India successfully test-fires new interceptor missile
India on Sunday successfully test-fired a new interceptor missile capable of neutralising any incoming long-range missile at higher altitude. The interceptor, positioned at launch pad–IV of Integrated Test Range at Wheeler Island, about 100 km from here, roared into the sky at about 9.10 AM to hit its target. The target, mimicking an incoming enemy missile, was first test fired from a naval ship at 9.06 AM and after getting signals from the radars, the interceptor went into action. “The trial was conducted successfully and all the mi…
Dhanush missile successfully test-fired from a Naval ship
India successfully test-fired its nuclear-capable Dhanush ballistic missile from a naval ship off Odisha coast today. “Strategic Forces Command (SFC) successfully tested the Dhanush missile today from a naval ship,” said MV K V Prasad, Director of the Integrated Test Range, Chandipur near here. The surface-to-surface Dhanush, a naval variant of India’s indigenously developed ‘Prithvi’ missile, was test fired at around 11.10 AM from a location at Bay of Bengal by the SFC of the defence force. The single-stage, liquid propelled …
India to replace Prithvi-I with Pragati tactical missile
India will replace its tactical ballistic missile Prithvi-1 with a shorter-range missile, the Pragati, which was displayed for the first time at the KINTEX Seoul defense show, Indian Army sources said. Unlike the Prithvi-I, which is propelled by liquid fuel, the Pragati is a solid-fuel missile with a shorter range of between 70 and 170 kilometers. It helps fill the gap created by the delay in the purchase of 155mm/52 caliber guns, said the Army source. The Army had been demanding a solid-fueled missile in place of the Prithvi-I mis…
Prithvi missiles to be replaced by more-capable Prahar: DRDO
Seeking to enhance its precision strike capabilities, India is planning to replace its 150 km-range Prithvi ballistic missiles with the newly developed quick reaction Prahar missiles. Seeking to enhance its precision strike capabilities, India is planning to replace its 150 km-range Prithvi ballistic missiles with the newly developed quick reaction Prahar missiles. “We are withdrawing the tactical 150 km-range Prithvi missiles and will replace them with the Prahar missiles, which are more capable and have more accuracy,” DRDO chi…
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