France has successfully test-fired a version of the M51 submarine-launched ballistic missile (SLBM) on Sept. 30 from a test site in Biscarrosse.
Category: Space
Lockheed Martin started construction of world’s largest digital phased array radar
Lockheed Martin’s Space Fence System has cleared the Critical Design Review (CDR) conducted by the U.S. Air Force. Construction of the world’s largest digital phased array radar has begun on Kwajalein Island, the company said.
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Moscow bringing back the railway-car–based ICBM
Russia is embarking on a program to revive its railway-car–based intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) concept with a new program dubbed Barguzin.
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Maiden flight of Chinese Long March-11 solid launch vehicle
China has succeeded in the maiden launch of its Long March-11 solid launch vehicle from Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center on Sept. 25.
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First RS-28 Sarmat ICBM prototype to be ready by end of the year
An unidentified defense industry source told TASS that the first RS-28 Sarmat intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) prototype is in the final stages of development and will be ready by end of this year.
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