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Apr 29, 2020

China tested a sub missile that will let it conduct nuclear strikes

China recently conducted the first known test of a new submarine-launched ballistic missile, a significant development as Beijing attempts to bolster its nuclear forces. The test, first

BYBusiness Insider

Apr 29, 2020

BYUnited States Navy

Apr 29, 2020

USS Lincoln just completed massive live-fire exercise

The Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) successfully completed a Live Fire With A Purpose (LFWAP) exercise, Dec 6, 2018. LFWAP is a reinvigorated missile exercise program conducted by the Naval Surface and Mine …

BYUnited States Navy

Apr 29, 2020

BYBusiness Insider

Apr 29, 2020

Russia claims its newest fighter will have hypersonic missiles

Russia’s Su-57 stealth fighter jet will be armed with hypersonic missiles, according to Tass, a Russian state-owned media outlet. “In accordance with Russia’s State Armament Program for 2018-2027, Su-57 jet fighters will be equipped with hy…

BYBusiness Insider

Apr 29, 2020

BYRadio Free Europe Radio Liberty

Apr 29, 2020

The US and Russia are fighting over these key missiles

Russia must scrap its Novator 9M729 missile systems and launchers or reduce their range to comply with the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty (INF) and prevent a U.S. withdrawal from the Cold War-era pact, U.S. officials say. Andrea Thom…

BYRadio Free Europe Radio Liberty

Apr 29, 2020

BYBusiness Insider

Apr 29, 2020

Navy prepared to counter favorite Russian tactic

The Russian military and its NATO counterparts have been increasingly active in Eastern Europe, as the West moves to counter what they view as Russian aggression in the region. One facet of Russian military activity that has been well noted by…

BYBusiness Insider

Apr 29, 2020

BYRadio Free Europe Radio Liberty

Apr 29, 2020

As Iran’s missiles get better, US presses for new sanctions

The U.S. special representative for Iran has urged the European Union to impose new sanctions targeting Iran’s ballistic-missile program, calling it a “grave and escalating threat.” Brian Hook made the call on Dec. 3, 2018, two days after U…

BYRadio Free Europe Radio Liberty

Apr 29, 2020

BYLogan Nye

Apr 29, 2020

Why everyone feels better with a SuperCobra overhead

It’s an airframe that dates back to the Vietnam War, but it’s served for nearly 50 years and is still a comforting presence for those protected by its missiles, guns, and rockets: Meet the AH-1 SuperCobra.

BYLogan Nye

Apr 29, 2020

BYLogan Nye

Apr 29, 2020

7 weapons could give Russia an edge in World War 3

We’ve slammed the Russian defense industry for their failures before, but those mostly the result of bureaucratic missteps, when the Russian Ministry of Defense overreaches on requirements and underfunds budgets. Russian weapons designers are, howe…

BYLogan Nye

Apr 29, 2020

BYBusiness Insider

Apr 29, 2020

North Korea is hiding missile bases in their mountains

North Korea has at least a dozen, possibly more, secret ballistic missile bases hidden in the mountains, a Washington-based think tank reported Nov. 12, 2018. The Center for Strategic and International Studies — relying on satellite photos, …

BYBusiness Insider

Apr 29, 2020

BYLogan Nye

Apr 29, 2020

How the Navy would defend a fleet under attack at sea

Naval fleets are predominantly created and organized for power projection, taking the fight to the enemy on their turf to ensure that American are safe at home. But the U.S. Navy and Marine Corps do practice defending the fleet at sea shoul…

BYLogan Nye

Apr 29, 2020

BYRadio Free Europe Radio Liberty

Apr 29, 2020

Russia threatens countries that host U.S. missiles

Russian President Vladimir Putin has said that, if the United States deploys intermediate-range missiles in Europe, Moscow will have to target the countries hosting them. The Oct. 24, 2018 statement follows U.S. President Donald Trump’s annou…

BYRadio Free Europe Radio Liberty

Apr 29, 2020

BYBusiness Insider

Apr 29, 2020

Russia is quietly staging missiles for war in Baltic

NATO forces are converging on Norway for Trident Juncture, which will be the alliance’s largest militar…

BYBusiness Insider

Apr 29, 2020

BYVoice of America News

Apr 29, 2020

Putin brags about the superiority of Russian weapons

President Vladimir Putin hailed new missiles in Russia’s military arsenals but emphasized Oct. 18, 2018, that the country would only use its nuclear weapons in response to an incoming missile attack. Putin emphasized during an international p…

BYVoice of America News

Apr 29, 2020

BYMilitary.com

Apr 29, 2020

This is the Army’s new rocket-assisted artillery round

Army artillery experts are inching closer to the service’s short-term goal of developing a 155-millimeter cannon that will shoot out to 70 kilometers, more than doubling the range of cu…

BYMilitary.com

Apr 29, 2020

BYLogan Nye

Apr 29, 2020

How the legendary Stinger missile is about to get more dangerous

The Stinger missile is America’s premier short-range air defense weapon, featuring in-flight guidance and an almost 7-pound warhead that sends shrapnel ripping through planes, helicopters, and pretty much anything else flying low. It can even be sh…

BYLogan Nye

Apr 29, 2020

BYBusiness Insider

Apr 29, 2020

The Army’s top 4 future weapons for destroying Russian forces

The US Army wants guns, big ones. The service is modernizing for high-intensity combat against top adversaries, and one of the top priorities is long-range precision fires. The goal of the Long-Range Precision Fires team is to pursue range ove…

BYBusiness Insider

Apr 29, 2020

BYBusiness Insider

Apr 29, 2020

This classic-rock legend is also a top missile-defense expert

Jeff “Skunk” Baxter has earned eight platinum records in a music career that started in the 1960s, and he has received numerous security clearances and contracting jobs since the 1980s as a self-taught expert on missile-defense and counterterroris…

BYBusiness Insider

Apr 29, 2020

BYLogan Nye

Apr 29, 2020

5 best weapons from this famous calculator manufacturer

Texas Instruments is probably best known for making those graphing calculators that every student complains about using and every parent complains about buying. But, before Texas Instruments was making TI-83s and TI-89s, they made other stuff, like …

BYLogan Nye

Apr 29, 2020

BYLogan Nye

Feb 5, 2020

The Air Force and Navy are getting more high-tech missile decoys

The U.S. Air Force recently awarded a $96-million contract to Raytheon to produce …

BYLogan Nye

Feb 5, 2020

BYBusiness Insider

Feb 5, 2020

Russia’s new hypersonic missiles already leaked to spies

Russia’s Federal Security Service reportedly suspects that plans for two of Russia’s new, game-changing hypersonic missiles have been leaked to Western spies. Russia’s Ministry of Defense on July 19, 2018, released new footage of two o…

BYBusiness Insider

Feb 5, 2020

BYBusiness Insider

Feb 5, 2020

Russia plans hypersonic missile, F-35 killer for top fighter

Russia reportedly plans to arm its most advanced fighter jet with a powerful hypersonic air-to-air missile that can take aim at aircraft nearly two hundred miles away, making them a potential threat to critical US air assets. The Su-57 multipu…

BYBusiness Insider

Feb 5, 2020

BYRadio Free Europe Radio Liberty

Feb 5, 2020

Moscow sending advanced air defenses to Syria after lost plane

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo says he expects to meet with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov in New York amid concerns expressed by Washington over Moscow’s plans to supply Syria with the S-300 surface-to-air missile system. Pompeo…

BYRadio Free Europe Radio Liberty

Feb 5, 2020

BYWarrior Maven

Feb 5, 2020

A nuclear cruise missile that can be carried by jets

US Air Force weapons developers are working with industry to pursue early prototypes of a new air-launched, nuclear-armed cruise missile able to pinpoint targets with possible attacks from much farther ranges than bombers can typically attack. <p…

BYWarrior Maven

Feb 5, 2020

BYWarrior Maven

Feb 5, 2020

F-22 extends its reach with new missiles and software

The Air Force and Lockheed Martin have now “validated” several new weapons on the F-22 Raptor to equip the stealth fighter with more long-range precision attack technology, a wider targeting envelope or “field of regard,” and new networking tech…

BYWarrior Maven

Feb 5, 2020