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Hezbollah missile stock ‘tripled’

Posted by Matt in November 24th, 2008 | no comment 
Published in Middle East, Missiles, , , , , , , , ,

Israeli Defence Minister Ehud Barak has said the Lebanese Hezbollah movement now has three times as many missiles as before the 2006 Lebanon war.
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North Korea Pushing for Miniturized Nuclear Warhead

Posted by Matt in October 8th, 2008 | no comment 
Published in Koreas, Missiles, Nuclear, , , , , , , , , , ,

A South Korean official says that the North is believed to be seeking to develop a small-sized, lightweight nuclear warhead that can be carried by its missiles.
South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Kim Tae-young told a parliamentary committee Wednesday that he believes the North “has been pushing to develop a small warhead to be [...]

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Iran Aims Shahab-3B Missiles at Dimona

Posted by Matt in June 29th, 2008 | no comment 
Published in Iran, Israel, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

The Shahab-3B can be armed with a variety of different types of explosives, including conventional high explosives and submunitions as well as chemical, biological, radiological dispersion and, potentially, nuclear warheads. The missile, an “enhanced” version of the Shahab rocket, is believed to have been produced in ranges of approximately 1,300-1,500 km and 2,000 km, according [...]

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Army ‘vacuum’ missile hits Taliban

Posted by Matt in June 23rd, 2008 | no comment 
Published in Military, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

British forces in Afghanistan have used one of the world’s most deadly and controversial missiles to fight the Taliban.
Apache attack helicopters have fired the thermobaric weapons against fighters in buildings and caves, to create a pressure wave which sucks the air out of victims, shreds their internal organs and crushes their bodies.
The Ministry of Defence [...]

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Russia’s Phantom Fleet Buildup

Posted by Matt in June 10th, 2008 | no comment 
Published in Military, Russia, , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

The Russian Navy’s shipbuilding plans are still mostly plans. For the last seventeen years, most of their construction effort went into finishing a few subs, and building for export. Currently building are three SSBNs (the new Borei class, for which the missile is not quite ready yet), one new SSN (attack sub, that has been [...]

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Limited US attack on Iranian Revolutionary Guards bases in sight

Posted by Matt in June 2nd, 2008 | no comment 
Published in Conflict, Iran, U.S., War, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

DEBKAfile: Our Washington sources report that president George W. Bush is closer than ever before to ordering a limited missile-air bombardment of the IRGC-al Qods Brigade’s installations in Iran. It is planned to target training camps and the munitions factories pumping fighters, missiles and roadside bombs to the Iraqi insurgency, Lebanese Hizballah and Palestinian terrorist [...]

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U.N. Blames Russia for Downed Drone

Posted by Matt in May 26th, 2008 | no comment 
Published in Conflict, Russia, , , , , , , , , , ,

United Nations investigators who examined the downing of an unmanned Georgian reconnaissance aircraft in April have concluded that the drone was struck by a missile fired from a Russian fighter plane, according to an advance copy of their report obtained on Monday.
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Hypersonic version of BrahMos undergoes successful lab test

Posted by Matt in May 13th, 2008 | no comment 
Published in India, Military, general, , , , , , , , , , , ,

According to Dr Pillai, the Brahmos hypersonic version will not only have higher speed, but will also consume less fuel and require less operational time to deploy. These qualities are expected to provide the missile longer range, and also ensure less reaction time from the enemy.
High speeds also make the missile difficult to detect, and [...]

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Navy Lacks Plan to Defend Against `Sizzler’ Missile

Posted by Matt in April 4th, 2008 | 1 comment 
Published in China, Iran, Missiles, Russia, , , , ,

The U.S. Navy, after nearly six years of warnings from Pentagon testers, still lacks a plan for defending aircraft carriers against a supersonic Russian-built missile, according to current and former officials and Defense Department documents.
The missile, known in the West as the “Sizzler,” has been deployed by China and may be purchased by Iran. Deputy [...]

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Report: Iranian, Syrian missiles to pound Israel in next war

Posted by Matt in March 24th, 2008 | no comment 
Published in Iran, Israel, Missiles, Syria, War, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

Hundreds of dead, thousands of injured, missile barrages on central Israel, full paralysis at Ben-Gurion Airport, constantly bombed roads, nationwide power outages that last for long hours, and whole regions’ water supply being cut off – this is what the next war could look like.
A secret report recently distributed among government ministries and local municipalities [...]

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