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Mystery buyer awards $220 million contract to Elbit Systems for guided munitions
Israeli defense electronics company Elbit Systems is selling its precision guidance kit for general purpose airborne warheads to a mystery Asian customer. According to a press release from Elbit Systems, it was awarded an approximately $220 million contract...
Russian fighter fired and lost a secret missile in Ukraine
Russian fighter jet lost a secret air-to-air missile during strikes into northern Ukraine, according to social media posts from Voyennyy Osvedomitel. Ukrainian emergency services have found and unearthed wreckages of Russian-made R-77-1 medium-range air-to-air missile, also known as Izdeliye...
Ukraine uses new British missile to shoot down Russian aircraft
Ukrainian troops reportedly are using a British-supplied new lightweight Martlet missile to shoot down Russian aircraft. According to some reports, like one from Militarnyi, Ukrainian Soldiers used them against Russian unmanned surveillance and reconnaissance aerial vehicles. The Thales Martlet, also...
Australia “fires up” $1 billion weapons program
Australia’s Department of Defense confirmed on Wednesday that the government has advanced its $1 billion weapons program in announcing Raytheon Australia and Lockheed Martin Australia as partners of the Sovereign Guided Weapons and Explosive Ordnance Enterprise. Australian Defense...
Russian KH-59M missile hit grain storage in southern Ukraine
Russia targeted a grain storage facility with Kh-59M Ovod-M (NATO reporting name AS-18 Kazoo) medium-range cruise missile. Russian forces struck a grain silo near Mykolaiv with KH-59M air-to-surface missile on 3 April, according to images released by the...
North Korea confirms reports it has test-fired its largest intercontinental ballistic missile yet
North Korea has announced that it successfully launched its its first intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) since 2017 in a test on Thursday. State media said it successfully launched its largest intercontinental ballistic missile called the Hwasong-17. It is a...
Expert says Russia fired more than 13 ballistic missiles on Ukraine
At least 13 different Iskander-M ballistic missile launches were fired by Russia in the widescale invasion of Ukraine, according to astrophysicist and satellite tracker Jonathan McDowell. "Based on reports of varying reliability, I estimate at least 13 different...
Russian army used Iskander ballistic missile to attack Zhytomyr airport
Ukrainian defense reporter Illia Ponomarenko said in a Twitter account post early on Monday that Russian Armed Forces used Iskander short-range ballistic missile systems to attack a civilian airport near Zhytomyr, in central Ukraine. The Iskander (NATO: SS-26...