The Ukrainian Army is testing an integrated aerial target system that developed to support the training requirement of the armed forces. According to the Army Inform news agency, the Ukrainian Army is experimenting with the Flying Target-1 (FT-1) low-flying air target system during the training phase of combat firing of air defense units at the Rivne military range. The FT-1 is suitable for a range of training missions, including ground-based air defense artillery training and simulation of aerial targets. The target system can simulate a range of aircraft and missiles, as well as anti-ship and cruise missile threats launched from air, […]
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The French Navy has released a short video showing the test-firing of an Exocet SM39 underwater-launched anti-ship cruise missile from the nuclear-powered attack submarine. In a video posted by the French Navy, this weekend showed a test of an SM39 missile in the Atlantic Ocean on April 19. A nuclear attack submarine destroyed a target at a distance of about 30 kilometers with an SM39 missile, said in a statement. – ADVERTISEMENT – CONTINUE READING BELOW – “The submarine fired this shot at a fixed target located in an Atlantic exercise area,” the French Navy said. Also added that the main […]
A Russian Navy upgraded frigate Marshal Shaposhnikov tried and failed to launch a test Kalibr-NK cruise missile during trials. The Marshal Shaposhnikov, Russia’s upgraded project 1155M frigate, tried to launch a test version of the Kalibr cruise missile, but almost immediately after launch, the missile went into uncontrolled flight and crashed close to the ship itself. As a result of the incident, the ship itself and its crew were not injured. – ADVERTISEMENT – CONTINUE READING BELOW – The frigate Marshal Shaposhnikov underwent repairs and an upgrade at the Dalzavod Ship Repair Center in Vladivostok in the Russian Far East. During […]
The Ukrainian Navy accepted its first RK-360 Neptune coastal defense system, paving the way for the reliable defense of the Black Sea and Azov coast. After more than a decade years of development, the Ukrainian Navy took hold of its first subsonic anti-ship cruise missile system with a reported maximum range between 280 and 300 kilometers. The Neptune is a coastal missile system designed to engage enemy surface fighting ships and auxiliaries vessels both single and belonging to Task Forces. – ADVERTISEMENT – CONTINUE READING BELOW – The Neptune’s unit includes six USPU-360 launchers with 24 R-360 cruise missiles. The R-360 […]
Halcon, a UAE-based manufacturer of precision-guided systems, unveiled its new AntiShip-250 (HAS-250) cruise missile system at the International Defence and Exhibition Conference (IDEX) 2021, taking place in the UAE capital, Abu Dhabi between 21-25 February. Debuting at the IDEX 2021, the HAS-250 refers to a modern anti-ship system used stealthy, subsonic, a sea-skimming cruise missile with a range of around 250 Km. As noted by the company, during its terminal phase, it can fly towards its target at a sea-skimming altitude of below 5m. – ADVERTISEMENT – CONTINUE READING BELOW – Engineered to provide the highest performance, the HAS-250 utilises Global […]
The British Royal Air Force (RAF) has announced that the UK Ministry of Defence has contracted MBDA to supply the miniature, cruise missile system for F-35 fighter jets. Missile specialist MBDA has received a contract valued at $746 million for the production of the SPEAR missile system from the Royal Air Force. SPEAR (known in UK service as SPEAR3) is a 1.8 meters long, cruise missile system that has a range of more than 140-kilometres. – ADVERTISEMENT – CONTINUE READING BELOW – SPEAR will be the main medium-to-long-range strike weapon of the UK F-35 combat aircraft, enabling them to defeat challenging targets such as […]
Raytheon Co., one of the world’s largest defense contractors, has announced that the guided-missile destroyer USS Chafee (DDG 90) launches a newest cruise missile variant, the Tomahawk Block V, during a missile exercise. According to a company news release, the U.S. Navy and Raytheon Missiles & Defense, a Raytheon Technologies business, successfully completed two flight tests with the Tomahawk Block V. U.S. Navy officials said that this event marked the first time a Block V Tomahawk missile was operationally tested, marking the Navy’s transition to a more advanced capability for the fleet. Block V includes an upgrade that will enhance navigation […]
The U.S. Air Force has awarded the multi-million dollar contract to upgrade its long-range, precision standoff missiles. Pentagon’s No.1 weapons supplier Lockheed Martin Corp was awarded a $42,1 million contract modification for the upgrade and test of the Joint Air-to-Surface Stand-off Missile (JASSM). The deal, which was a modification to a previous contract, supports the Global Positioning System (GPS) receiver development and the development of the missile control unit gigabit cables of the JASSM air-to-surface powered missile. – ADVERTISEMENT – CONTINUE READING BELOW – Per the contract modification, work will be performed in Orlando, Florida, and is expected to be completed […]
The U.S. Air Force is considering transforming all of its C-130 and C-17 cargo planes into cruise missile carriers, according to a Lockheed Martin press release. In a release late Wednesday, Pentagon’s No.1 weapons supplier Lockheed Martin Corp announced that the U.S. Air Force Strategic Development Planning and Experimentation (SDPE) Office awarded a $25 million contract to support the next phase of the service’s Palletized Munitions Experimentation Campaign. Under the palletized munition concept, the U.S. Air Force seeks to launch new stand-off precision-guided munitions from its cargo planes, allowing the service to relatively quickly turn them into weapons trucks, as necessary. […]
Russia has launched Oniks anti-ship cruise missile during military exercises in the Arctic. The missile firings from the coastal defense missile system deployed on the Alexandra Land Island were performed for the first time as part of the Northern Fleet’s planned combat and operational training measures for the summer training period, according to a press release issued Tuesday by the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation. “Today the personnel of the Bastion coastal defense missile system of the Northern Fleet’s tactical group stationed at the Arctic Trefoil military base on the Alexandra Land Island of the Franz Josef Land archipelago […]
GREENSBORO, N.C.—When he arrived at the polls to vote for the first time on Thursday, Ricardo Lopez-Salazar was on edge. “On the way over here I was kind of nervous,” Lopez-Salazar, an 18-year old student at Guilford Technical Community College, told The Daily Beast. Soon enough, a Republican poll observer stared directly at him, just days after Donald Trump encouraged his supporters to show up early and often at polling places across America. Under North Carolina law, each party is allowed to have up to two observers in each polling place. Dianne Doughty, a Guilford County GOP volunteer, told The Daily […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/07e4/0a/0c/1080748284_0:139:2047:1291_1200x675_80_0_0_fd6a46eab28828614fcff2ae2a1460ad.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Radhika Parashar. Sputnik International https://sputniknews.com/india/202010121080746313-test-launch-of-indias-subsonic-nirbhay-cruise-missile-aborted-in-eight-minutes-heres-why/ India has been fast-tracking development and deployment of modern weapons amid the ongoing border tensions with China along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in Ladakh. A total of 20 Indian soldiers were killed in a brutal face-off with Chinese soldiers in mid-June. The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) test fired the “Nirbhay” missile at 10:30 AM (IST) into the Bay of Bengal on Monday from a test facility in the Indian state of Odisha. However, just eight minutes later, the trial was aborted. This is the fourth time since 2013 […]
…from PressTV, Tehran [ Editor’s Note: Color me surprised. This is the first time I have ever seen a missile ‘disappear’ on launch due to its speed being faster than the eye could see. But it is a long way from having the technology and a good launch, to have enough produced and deployed to enjoy the added defense fruits of the labor. Russia has to operate under the reality of having significantly fewer weapons than the US and NATO. Russia actually decreased its defense budget for the year. The flip side to that is it has significantly lower production costs […]
Ukraine will supply advanced missile engines to Turkey, for new cruise missile with deep-strike capability. The news agency Defense Express, quoting the ProZorro public procurement platform, reported that SE Ivchenko-Progress signed a number of contracts for the purchase of cutting-edge aircraft engine components for the new AI-35 turbojet engines that will equip new Turkish cruise missiles. SE Ivchenko-Progress designed the AI-35 engine family to power high-speed unmanned aircraft systems and advanced cruise missiles. – ADVERTISEMENT – CONTINUE READING BELOW – According to the news agency, the AI-35 engines should be delivered to Turkey, where they are going to be used in […]
Russian Tu-95MS strategic bombers launched cruise missiles and conducted mid-air refueling during drills in Russia’s Far East, the press office of the Aerospace Force reported on Monday. During the drills, long-range aviation pilots practiced employing airborne weapons against ground targets at the training range and also performed mid-air refueling while accomplishing flight assignments, the statement says. “The strategic missile-carrying bomber Tu-95MS of the Aerospace Forces carried out practical launches of air-launched cruise missiles at ground targets at the range in the Komi Republic. All cruise missiles successfully hit the assigned targets, which was recorded by means of objective control,” the military […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo-itemprop.png Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Rishikesh Kumar. Sputnik International https://sputniknews.com/asia/202009301080617678-india-test-fires-extended-range-brahmos-cruise-missile-amid-deployment-near-china-border/ The Indian military has deployed 450 km-range BrahMos cruise missiles and 800 km-range Nirbhay cruise missiles in the Ladakh region, as tensions with China continue simmering despite several rounds of talks. India successfully test-fired an extended range BrahMos supersonic cruise missile with a domestically-manufactured booster from a test facility off the coast of Odisha on Wednesday morning. Defence officials said that the test of the missile, which can hit a target at a distance up to 450 kilometres, was carried out within the PJ-10 project of the Defence Research and Development Organisation […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/07e4/09/17/1080553773_0:0:1423:800_1200x675_80_0_0_0e883722abeffd3efec5284049e93de4.png Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Morgan Artyukhina . Sputnik International https://sputniknews.com/asia/202009231080553813-photo-taiwan-has-cruise-missiles-capable-of-reaching-china-stationed-at-base-in-straits/ A recent news report from Taiwan’s Makung Air Force Base in the Taiwan Strait revealed Taiwan’s air force has stationed air-to-ground cruise missiles within striking distance of the Chinese mainland. On September 22, Taiwanese President Tsai Ing Wen paid a visit to Makung Air Force Base, a Republic of China Air Force installation on the Penghu archipelago, which sits in the Taiwan Strait. At the highly publicized meeting, she greeted several F-CK-1C/D Indigenous Defense Fighter pilots and thanked them for their “heroic performance” in deterring dozens of Chinese aircraft that crossed […]
The test was said to have taken advantage of the Pentagon’s recent advances in AI technology. The Pentagon’s Office of the Undersecretary of Defence for Research and Engineering has shown off footage of an Air Force anti-ballistic missile test involving the mid-flight destruction of a cruise missile target by an advanced hypersonic-capable Army howitzer projectile. The @DeptofDefense Strategic Capabilities Office Hypervelocity Gun Weapon System shot down a cruise missile target during a Sep 3 @usairforce ABMS test. The intercept, made by an Army howitzer-fired projectile, demonstrated the feasibility of a cost-effective defense for US bases pic.twitter.com/lQlndhhD3p — DoD CTO (@DoDCTO) September […]
The cruiseliner industry had been enjoying “robust growth” since 2018 but the coronavirus pandemic has knocked it sideways. In March thousands of tourists were stranded on cruise ships in Latin America, the Caribbean and the Far East after COVID-19 was reported on board. The Cruise Lines International Association (CLIA) says the global shutdown caused by the coronavirus pandemic will cost the industry around US$50 billion and lead to the loss of 334,000 jobs. The cruise industry went into a tailspin in March when the virus was discovered on board several ships which were then forbidden from docking in countries on their itinerary. © AP Photo […]
Hundreds of Trump supporters, some of them armed, converged on Portland late Saturday and faced off against anti-racist protesters as part of a “cruise rally” that resulted in a spate of violent clashes. The event, held as the city enters its third month of protests sparked by the killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis police custody, came just hours after the latest night of demonstrations in the city ended with a fire set outside a police union building, arrests, and reports of gunfire. Police made more arrests late Saturday as fights broke out between anti-racist protesters and members of the pro-Trump […]
ROME—The more than 1,000 passengers and 1,500 crew now onboard the Italian cruise ship MSC Grandiosa are nothing short of guinea pigs as they set out on a seven-night adventure that most of the world thinks will go terribly wrong. The massive ship, operating at 70 percent capacity, though MSC will not confirm the number who boarded, pushed off from the largely empty cruise terminal of Genoa in northern Italy. It has stops scheduled for Civitavecchia/Rome, where more people will board, before traveling on to Naples, Palermo and Malta before returning to Genoa next Sunday. The inaugural cruise is the first […]
The U.S. Department of Defense is aiming to start producing a ground-launched system for holding and firing cruise missiles on mobile platforms, such as wheeled trucks and containers. During the visit of U.S. Special Presidential Envoy for Arms Control Marshall S. Billingslea with the Strategic Capabilities Office to Lockheed Martin facility was displayed new conventionally configured ground-launched cruise missile system. “This will help ensure the U.S. and our allies in Europe & Asia are able to defend against aggression,” said Billingslea. – ADVERTISEMENT – CONTINUE READING BELOW – Last year, the U.S. Marine Corps says it needs Tomahawk ground-launched missiles that […]
The expedition cruise ship MS Roald Amundsen is moored at a quay in Tromso, Norway, on Saturday. At least 36 crew members from the ship have tested positive for the coronavirus. Ruen Stoltz Bertinussen/NTB Scanpix/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Ruen Stoltz Bertinussen/NTB Scanpix/AFP via Getty Images The expedition cruise ship MS Roald Amundsen is moored at a quay in Tromso, Norway, on Saturday. At least 36 crew members from the ship have tested positive for the coronavirus. Ruen Stoltz Bertinussen/NTB Scanpix/AFP via Getty Images At least 36 crew members from a Norwegian cruise ship have tested positive for […]
The U.S. Air Force has announced that the 416th Flight Test Squadron recently completed a round of tests of the low-cost cruise missile. On Tuesday, the service press release said that members from the test team and 416th Flight Test Squadron completed a round of tests, including captive-carry flight test, of the Air Force Research Laboratory’s “Gray Wolf” prototype cruise missile at Edwards Air Force Base, California. The new Gray Wolf project is focused heavily on the demonstration of technologies that could enable the development of cheaper cruise missiles. It is a DoD-directed prototype production and demonstration of low-cost, subsonic and […]
In a wide-ranging interview, ‘Westworld’ star Thandie Newton opened up about her experiences with Hollywood sexism and recalled specific ‘toxic’ interactions with former studio head Amy Pascal and ‘Top Gun’ star Tom Cruise. Hollywood may be home to some of the most vocally progressive voices around, but the industry has been cast in a revealing light following years of #MeToo allegations, as well as stars opening up about harmful work environments. Newton is the latest to recount such experiences, telling Vulture about the sexism she has faced in the industry – as well as some less than pleasant experiences with major […]
www.pinterest The Post-Coronavirus Cruise? Not Read To Sail by Frances Robles/New York Times W. Bradford Gary spent 10 days trapped inside a cruise ship cabin off the coast of Brazil in March while health authorities in several countries scrambled to figure out what to do with a vessel full of older people who had potentially been exposed to the coronavirus. But when faced with the question of whether he’d ever cruise again, he doesn’t hesitate. “We are very anxious to get back on board,” he said, and he believes he’s not alone: “There are people like us who want to do […]
RT and Press TV: The Iranian military has tested a new homebuilt anti-ship cruise missile, successfully hitting a naval target during drills in the Indian Ocean. The new munitions are said to boast a range of at least 280km. The large-scale drills, dubbed ‘Ramadan Martyrs,’ were held in the northern part of the Indian Ocean and in the Sea of Oman. Footage of the exercise, released by state media on Thursday, shows multiple cruise missiles launched from ground-based and ship-borne launchers. The imagery also shows a missile scoring a solid hit on a floating dummy target. The targets are said to […]
Ukrainian mobile coastal defense system Neptun has successfully test fired two R-360 cruise missiles in the south of the Odessa region to hit designated targets at the “Alibey” range, the press service of the UkrOboronProm said on Saturday. “On May 29, the newest Ukrainian RK-360MT Neptun coastal missile system made a successful test salvo launch of two R-360 cruise missiles from the designated area in the Odessa region to targets at the Alibey range,” the press service said. During the firing of the “Neptune” land-based cruise missile system, the tactical and technical characteristics, particularly the hitting range and accuracy for naval […]