Day: May 24, 2018

Watch the salvo-launch of 4 Bulava SLBMs from SSBN Yuri Dolgoruky

Posted on May 24, 2018May 24, 2018 by alert5

Russia’s Borey-class strategic submarine Yuri Dolgoruky conducted a salvo-launch of 4 Bulava SLBMs for the first time on May 22.

B-1B successfully test-fired pair of LRASMs

Posted on May 24, 2018May 24, 2018 by alert5

A U.S. Air Force B-1B from Dyess Air Force Base has successfully test-fired a pair of production representative Long Range Anti-Ship Missiles (LRASM).

Lockheed Martin’s Long Range Anti-Ship Missile successfully completed another dual-missile test, demonstrating its ability to provide critical capabilities to warfighters. (PRNewsfoto/Lockheed Martin)

Pentagon has “disinvited” PLA Navy from RIMPAC 18

Posted on May 24, 2018May 24, 2018 by alert5

Pentagon spokesman Lt. Col. Christopher Logan says the PLA Navy has been disinvited from the 2018 Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) Exercise.

By Petty Officer 1st Class Rebecca Wolfbrandt [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
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Details on modification done to MiG-31K in order to carry Kinzhal

Posted on May 24, 2018May 24, 2018 by alert5

Izvestia has an article on the modifications made to the MiG-31K so that it can operate the Kinzhal air-launched ballistic missile.

Photo: Russian Ministry of Defense
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