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Russia’s Zircon anti-ship missile reached Mach 8

Posted on April 18, 2017 by alert5

An anonymous source in the Russia’s defense sector told TASS that new Zircon hypersonic anti-ship missile under development has reached a speed of Mach 8 during testing.

Crews of the coastal missile system Bal of the Pacific Fleet perform training firings 06
Mil.ru [CC BY 4.0], via Wikimedia Commons
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JSM to get RF-seeker

Posted on April 8, 2017 by alert5

The Australian Department of Defense has given Kongsberg Defence Systems a contract to integrate a RF-seeker sensor, developed by BAE Systems Australia, on the Joint Strike Missile (JSM).

Joint Strike Missile Mockup at JA2016
By Strak Jegan (Own work) [CC BY-SA 4.0], via Wikimedia Commons

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DARPA downselects two companies for Gremlins program

Posted on March 18, 2017March 18, 2017 by alert5

DARPA has moved to phase 2 of its Gremlins research project and Dynetics and General Atomics are given the green light to proceed to the next phase.

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BrahMos-ER test fired successfully

Posted on March 12, 2017 by alert5

India on Mar. 11 successfully conducted the first flight test of the extended range BrahMos supersonic cruise missile.

Indian Army's BrahMos Mobile Autonomous Launchers (MAL) (2)
By Anirvan Shukla (Own work) [CC BY-SA 3.0], via Wikimedia Commons
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Taiwan wants to learn “fishing” from America

Posted on March 8, 2017March 7, 2017 by alert5

Taiwan’s Minister of National Defense Feng Shih-kuan sat down with reporter Tzou Jiing-wen from Liberty Times for an extensive interview on Taipei’s attempt to build new indigenous military aircraft.

Feng Shi-kuan, MoD, Taiwan (cropped)
By 蕭長展 [CC BY-SA 4.0], via Wikimedia Commons
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