Anti-Aircraft Missiles Intercepted From North Korea Alarm Scientists | Asia | English

Posted by Matt in February 26th, 2010 | no comment

Published in Koreas, Airborne, Aircraft Systems, American Scientists, Asia, Attempt, Authorities, Missile Systems, Missiles, North-Korea, Thailand

A group of American scientists is expressing alarm at a possible attempt by North Korea to ship portable anti-aircraft missile systems abroad. The missiles were part of a an airborne cargo intercepted by authorities in Thailand in December.
Anti-Aircraft Missiles Intercepted From North Korea Alarm Scientists | Asia | English

China circled by chain of US anti-missile systems

Posted by Matt in February 21st, 2010 | no comment

Published in China, Afghanistan, Air Force Colonel, Crescent, Deployment, Eastern Europe, Japan, Military Affairs, Military Strategist, Missile System, Missile Systems, Neighborhood, Periphery, Political Science, Russia, Shanghai Institute, South China Sea, South India, Stretches

Air force colonel Dai Xu, a renowned military strategist, wrote in an article released this month that “China is in a crescent-shaped ring of encirclement. The ring begins in Japan, stretches through nations in the South China Sea to India, and ends in Afghanistan. Washington’s deployment of anti-missile systems around China’s periphery forms a crescent-shaped [...]

US raises tensions with Iran by selling anti-missile systems – Times Online

Posted by Matt in January 31st, 2010 | no comment

Published in Iran, Missiles, Allies, Defences, Iran, Missile Attacks, Missile Systems, Number Of States, Systems Times, Tensions, warships

Tensions in the Gulf between the US and Iran are set to rise further after it emerged that American-made anti-missile systems are to be deployed to Washington’s Arab allies in the region.
The Obama Administration said yesterday that it was speeding up arms sales to a number of states and that it had also deployed warships [...]

China’s Conventional Cruise and Ballistic Missile Force Modernization and Deployment – The Jamestown Foundation

Posted by Matt in January 7th, 2010 | no comment

Published in China, Missiles, Bomber Forces, Cruise Missile Attack, Force Modernization, Inf Treaty, Intermediate Range, IRBM, Iskander, Jamestown, Jamestown Foundation, Missile Force, Missile Programs, Missile System, Missile Systems, November 14, Novosti, Nuclear Warhead, Range Ballistic Missile, Russian Forces, Russian Threats, Tbm

China’s IRBM and cruise missile programs have caught Moscow’s attention, but Russian forces are limited in their ability to respond with a counter strike to a TBM or cruise missile attack, short of using their strategic bomber forces or inter-continental ballistic missile systems (ICBMs). The lack of a credible intermediate range strike system against China [...]

Russia to develop advanced missile systems by 2016: commander_English_Xinhua

Posted by Matt in December 8th, 2009 | no comment

Published in Russia, Ballistic Missile, Missile Arsenal, Missile Systems, Missiles, Nuclear Warheads, Russia, Silo, Smf, Xinhua

“By the end of 2016, the missile systems with extended service life will account for no more than 20 percent of the total, while the share of new missile systems will be about 80 percent,” Shvaichenko said.
Silo-based missiles constitute 45 percent of Russia’s total ballistic missile arsenal, but they carry about 85 percent of [...]

With Iran and its allies in mind, Israel builds up air, sea arsenals | StarTribune.com

Posted by Matt in November 26th, 2009 | no comment

Published in Israel, Air Sea, Allies, Armaments, Arsenals, Borders, Firepower, Gaza, Hamas, hezbollah, Iran, Israel, Last Winter, Militias, Missile Systems, New Generation, Nuclear Weapons, Sophisticated Mix, submarines, Technology, War In Lebanon

With new anti-missile systems and submarines that can carry nuclear weapons, Israel is readying a new generation of armaments designed to defend itself against distant Iran as well as Iranian-backed militias on its borders.
Having failed to crush Hamas’ firepower in its Gaza offensive last winter, or Hezbollah’s in its 2006 war in Lebanon, Israel is [...]

Russia continues to modernize its nuclear triad | ‘RIA Novosti’ newswire

Posted by Matt in November 18th, 2009 | 1 comment

Published in Nuclear, Russia, Combat Duty, Mainstay, Missile Forces, Missile Systems, Missiles, Mobile Missile, Moscow Russia, Newswire, Nuclear Triad, Ria Novosti Russia, Russian News, Silo, Ss, Stalin, Strategic Missile, Top News, Topol, Topol-M

MOSCOW, November 18 (RIA Novosti) – Russia’s Strategic Missile Forces (SMF), the land-based component of the nuclear triad, will put on combat duty a second regiment equipped with Topol-M mobile missile systems by the end of 2009.
Topol-M (SS-27 Stalin) missiles are the mainstay of the ground-based component of Russia’s nuclear triad. As of the beginning [...]

China displays sudden interest in the Agni-V

Posted by Matt in October 16th, 2009 | no comment

Published in Missiles, Agni Iii, Anti-ballistic missile, beijing, Casing, China, Composite Material, Countermeasures, Displays, Domain, Dong Feng, India, Military Parade, Mirv, Missile Systems, Mobile Missile, Sudden Interest, Third Stage, Warheads

”The Agni-5 is similar to the Dong Feng-31A presented in China’s National Day Military Parade in Beijing . India is going to test-fire the missile in early 2011.
The Agni-V is a three stage solid fueled missile with composite motor casing in the third stage. Two stages of this missile are constructed of composite material which [...]

Russia abandons plans to deploy missiles near Poland — latimes.com

Posted by Matt in September 19th, 2009 | 1 comment

Published in Russia, Czech-Republic, Defense Ministry, Kaliningrad Russia, Latimes, Ministry Spokesman, Missile Facilities, Missile Shield, Missile Systems, Missile-Defense, Missiles, moscow, Obama, Poland, Russian Enclave

Russia will drop its controversial threat to deploy missiles near Poland in a reaction to shifts in U.S. missile shield plans, a Defense Ministry spokesman said Saturday.
After President Obama decided last week to scrap the U.S. plan for missile facilities in Poland and the Czech Republic, Moscow was widely expected to follow suit and abandon [...]

Russia Developing New Missiles to Counter US System

Posted by Matt in August 11th, 2009 | no comment

Published in Russia, Air Force General, Alexander, Counter Top, Military Officer, Missile Systems, New Russian Missiles, News Agencies, News Russia, Russian News, Voa News, Zelin

A top Russian military officer says his country is developing new missiles to counter space-based missile systems that could soon be deployed by the United States.
Russian news agencies quote Air Force General Alexander Zelin as saying the new Russian missiles will also defend against airborne attacks.
VOA News – Russia Developing New Missiles to Counter US [...]