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…
Russia attacked Ukraine with new ballistic missile
DefenseNews : The Kremlin fired a new intermediate-range ballistic missile at Ukraine on Thursday in response to Kyiv’s use this week of American and British missiles capable of striking deeper into Russia, President Vladimir Putin said. In a televised address to the country, the Russian president warned that U.S. air defense systems would be powerless to stop the new missile, which he said flies at ten times the speed of sound and which he called the Oreshnik — Russian for hazelnut tree. He also said it could be used to attack any Ukrainian …
Russia Deploys New Ballistic Missile Against Ukraine Amid Escalating Tensions: Putin Confirms Strategic Shift
DefenseNews : In a significant development in the ongoing Russia-Ukraine conflict, Russian President Vladimir Putin announced that his country has used a new ballistic missile to strike Ukrainian targets. This latest military escalation highlights Moscow's evolving tactics amid a prolonged and intensifying war. The Russian Ministry of Defense detailed the deployment of this advanced missile, claiming it demonstrates superior precision and power. Ukrainian officials have yet to confirm specific details but expressed concerns about the incre…
New chief of India's military research complex reveals brave new mandate
As Defence Minister A.K. Antony leaves on a 4-day official visit to China on Thursday, the first by a Defence Minister in seven years, new facts about the direction India's nuclear missile programme is taking could send out an unprecedented message. In details revealed for the first time in an exclusive interview to Headlines Today, the new chief of the Defence R&D Organisation (DRDO) Dr Avinash Chander has revealed that one of his key mandates as the head of the country's military research complex, is to drastically reduce th…
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