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Missile fails, so pass the buck
Hyderabad :: India | about 14 hours ago
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Defence scientists and military commanders today downed shutters, with each of the authorities denying responsibility after the failure of an Agni II missile that was being tested last night. This is the second failure of the 2000km-range nuclear-capable...
Tags: India, Hyderabad, Integrated Guided Missile Development Program, Politics, Defence Research and Development Organisation, Agni, India and weapons of mass destruction, Missile, Ballistic missile, Intermediate-range ballistic missile, War Conflict, Astra missile
Russia again postpones new Bulava missile tests
Moscow :: Russia | about 16 hours ago
Credibility The launch was tentatively scheduled for yesterday but has been postponed for the second time since the latest failure in July. "The Defence Ministry and the manufacturer still have a number of issues, including technical, to resolve before the Bulava...
Tags: Russia, Moscow, Politics, Admiral Sergei Gorshkov class frigate, Severnaya Verf, Multiple independently targetable reentry vehicle, Ballistic missile, R-39M, RSM-56 Bulava, War Conflict, Borei class submarine, Submarine-launched ballistic missile, Gorshkov, Frigate, Soviet aircraft carrier Admiral Gorshkov, Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, RT-2UTTH Topol M, Russian Navy
India test fires nuclear-capable missile
Bhubaneswar :: India | 1 day ago
Credibility India carried out a night-time test of a nuclear-capable, medium-range ballistic missile off its eastern coast on Monday, a defence official said. The surface-to-surface Agni-II, which can deliver a nuclear warhead to targets within a range of 2,500 kilometres...
Tags: India, india test, Wheeler Island, nuclear warhead, Wheelers Island, Bhubaneswar, Integrated Guided Missile Development Program, Defence Research and Development Organisation, Agni, Politics, Ballistic missile, India and weapons of mass destruction, Missile defense, Weapons of mass destruction, Balasore, Agni-III, BrahMos, Agni-I, Short-range ballistic missiles, Intermediate-range ballistic missile
Test flight of Agni-II on Monday night
New Delhi :: India | 3 days ago
Credibility The test flight of the 2,000-km plus range Agni-II missile will be conducted by the Indian Army. The aim of the night trial is to provide on-field experience to the armed forces to gauge its accuracy at night. The Agni-II has been designed to be launched...
Tags: India, New Delhi, Agni-III, Integrated Guided Missile Development Program, Defence Research and Development Organisation, Agni, Ballistic missile, Politics, War Conflict, Weapons of mass destruction, Submarine-launched ballistic missile, Multiple independently targetable reentry vehicle, Intercontinental ballistic missiles, Nuclear weapons, Intermediate-range ballistic missile, Balasore, India and weapons of mass destruction
Eleven dead in Interior Ministry plane crash in Far East
Moscow :: Russia | 24 days ago
Credibility The bodies have already been recovered, according to a source in the Emergencies Ministry. A spokesman for the Emergencies Ministry's regional center told Ria Novosti news agency that an Il-76 Candid strategic airlifter, bound for the city of Irkutsk,...
Tags: Russian, plane crashes, Mirnyi, Yakutia, cargo plane, Irkutsk, crew members, emergencies situations, ballistic missile
Japan hits mark in test of Raytheon missile
Tōkyō :: Japan | 27 days ago
Credibility The test is another boost to Raytheon's SM-3 program, whose role in missile defense may grow under an Obama administration plan to scrap some land-based systems. During the test off Hawaii, the SM-3 Block IA missile intercepted and destroyed a medium-range...
Tags: Japanese, ballistic missile
Japan succeeds in ballistic missile intercept test off Hawaii
Tōkyō :: Japan | 28 days ago
Credibility Japan's Maritime Self-Defense Force on Wednesday successfully intercepted a mock ballistic missile with a Standard Missile-3 interceptor launched from an Aegis-equipped destroyer during a test conducted off Hawaii, the Defense Ministry said. To access...
Tags: Japanese, Hawaii, ballistic missile, U.S. Navy Pacific, Pacific Missile Range Facility, missile interception
Missile defense system passes test
Honolulu :: HI :: USA | 3 months ago
Credibility The United States successfully tested a sea-based component of its missile defense shield Thursday evening, intercepting a ballistic missile with a dummy warhead over the Pacific Ocean, the U.S. Missile Defense Agency said. The exercise was the 19th...
Tags: defense test, Hawaii, ballistic missile, U.S. Missile Defense Agency
Sea-based missile defense system test off Hawaii slated
Honolulu :: HI :: USA | 3 months ago
Credibility The Navy and the Missile Defense Agency are preparing for another test of the Aegis ballistic missile defense system off Hawaii. The agency said Tuesday that the target, a short-range ballistic missile, will be fired Thursday from the Pacific Missile...
Tags: Navy, ballistic missile, missile defense
UN sanctions DPRK entities, officials
Tōkyō :: Japan | 4 months ago
Credibility GDP of about $17 billion and a broken economy that produces few other items it can export. Analysts have said the new UN measures will make it more costly for the North to trade arms but they will not likely deter customers. The sanctions committee includes...
Tags: North Korean, Japan, U.S, U.N. Security Council, Pyongyang, Mongolia, United States, N. Korea, Tokyo, ballistic missile
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