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India's Brahmos is a short range supersonic cruise missile that can be launched from subs, ships, aircraft and land. Its based on the Russian P-800 Oniks cruise missile and other similar sea skimming cruise missile technology. It travels at a speed of Mach 2.8 to Mach 3. A hypersonic version of...

Recent intelligence indicates that North Korea can now mount a small nuclear warhead on small and medium range missiles capable of hitting much of Japan and South Korea. This means that the effectiveness of US policy toward North Korea to prevent it from gaining such capabilities has failed...

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un supervised a successful test of a new engine for an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM), state media said on Saturday, in their latest report of advances in an arms program that has attracted U.N. sanctions. South Korea and the United States have shown...

Anti-Aircraft Missile Sinks Ship: Navy SM-6 By SYDNEY J. FREEDBERG JR.on March 07, 2016 at 4:41 PM The former USS Reuben James was sunk in the test. The supersonic SM-6 Standard Missile, designed to shoot down incoming aircraft and cruise missiles, has sunk a target ship in a test. The...

PAC-3 MSE Missile Now Three-for-Three in Tests Since November WASHINGTON — The Patriot Advanced Capability-3 Missile Segment Enhanced missile had its third successful intercept of a target since November, Lockheed Martin announced Thursday. A PAC-3 MSE missile engaged and hit a tactical...

U.S. needs conventional ballistic missiles, former strike commander says The nuclear ballistic missiles that have deterred threats since the Cold War no longer are adequate for today's fight against terrorist groups, the former leader of U.S. Strategic Command said Tuesday. The U.S...

Iran tests ballistic missile in violation of UN resolution Iran tested a new medium-range ballistic missile last month in a breach of two U.N. Security Council resolutions, two U.S. officials said on Monday. The officials, both speaking on condition of anonymity, said the test was held on...

US approves sale of submarine-launched Harpoon Block II missiles to South Korea Ridzwan Rahmat, Singapore - IHS Jane's Navy International 19 November 2015 An artist's rendering of a Boeing Harpoon Block II missile. The US has approved the possible sale of UGM-84L submarine-launched Block...