On Saturday, fifty nuclear intercontinental ballistic missiles at F.E. Warren Air Force Base in Wyoming went offline temporarily.
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MBDA prepared for the first test firing of SCALP Naval in its submarine configuration
During September 2010, a high depth ignition test of SCALP Naval’s booster was organised by MBDA. The underwater test, which set the booster in operation for several seconds, was carried out at a significant depth in a Norwegian fjord using an instrumented model of a SCALP Naval rear section secured in a submerged structure.
Raytheon-Boeing Team Completes JAGM Launcher, Missiles Flight Testing on Super Hornet
Raytheon and Boeing have completed flight testing of the Joint Air-to-Ground Missile’s fixed-wing launcher and Instrumented Measurement Vehicle on the Boeing F/A-18 E/F Super Hornet fighter aircraft.
Morin: Rafales could operate on British carrier
French Defense Minister Hervé Morin said he would allow British fighters to operate on the French aircraft carrier in return for Rafales to fly from the new British carrier.
MBDA launches production of the first SIMBAD-RC prototype
MBDA has frozen the general definition of its navalised, anti-air SIMBAD-RC turret. The production of the first prototype was launched at the end of summer 2010.
