Singapore, Israeli firms team to develop new ship-killing missile
MELBOURNE, Australia — Singapore’s ST Engineering believes that a new joint venture with Israel Aerospace Industries, to market and sell advanced naval missile systems, will leverage both companies’ strengths and track records to address a growing demand for guided munitions. The joint venture, announced in mid-July, is called Proteus Advanced Systems, with ST Engineering’s land systems arm and IAI each having a 50 percent share. According to the news release announcing the joint venture, the new entity will “market and sell advanced nava…
Indian Defense News: India is capable of building ICBM beyond 10 thousand kms range by DRDO
India is capable of developing intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBM) which can hit targets beyond the range of 10,000 kms, Chairman of Armament Research Board, Defence Research and Development Organisation ( DRDO ), Dr S K Salwan said on Saturday. “ India has successfully test fired nuclear capable Agni V missile recently which has a range of 5,000 kms. But we are capable of developing ICBM that can hit targets beyond the range of 10,000 kms,” Salwan said on the sidelines of 6th National Conference themed ‘Emerging Vistas …
Turkey May Soon Restart Their Own Missile Defense Program
ANKARA — Turkey ’s procurement bureaucracy is rethinking a multibillion dollar program to build the country’s first air and missile defense program, keeping “all options open,” including scrapping the existing competition and merging it with a longer-range program with better capabilities. That contest has not yet been announced, but procurement officials say one option to overcome the deadlock could be to renew the program. “There is a degree of uncertainty, which requires evaluating all existing options and waiting for a push fro…
Tactical Missile Pragati Readied for Export
BALASORE: After Indo-Russian joint venture BrahMos cruise missile, which has drawn the attention of a number of countries for its kill precisions, India is now readying its home-grown new tactical short range surface-to-surface missile Pragati for export purpose. Defence sources said having a strike range of 50 km to 150 km, the missile has quick reaction from command to launch in ripple firing mode. The missile is small, lean and slim to achieve better and high manoeuvring capability in mid-air which the Defence Research and De…
OneIndia Special: Sky thriller - When fighter plane Jaguar striker chased Nirbhay missile
Bengaluru, Nov 3: Among the tweets that went viral on Oct 17, 2014, the day India successfully test-fired its first subsonic cruise missile, Nirbhay, one read, "Jaguar fighter chases Nirbhay missile!" This tweet from this writer took many by surprise. Fighter plane chasing a missile was definitely a new phenomenon for many devotees following India's military might. And, two weeks after India's successful attempt of launching Nirbhay, details are now available with OneIndia about the well-coordinated ‘sky th…
Trial of missile defence system likely by year-end
India's Ballistic Missile Defence (BMD) programme, which has had a long gestation period, is likely to have some forward movement soon. India’s Ballistic Missile Defence (BMD) programme, which has had a long gestation period, is likely to have some forward movement soon. According to sources, the Missile Complex located in Hyderabad is working vigorously to conduct a trial for intercepting the ‘enemy or target ballistic missile’ at a distance ‘longer than 100 kilometres’. Sources revealed that the aim is to have the trial befor…
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