Iran Reportedly Sought to Procure S-400 SAMs
The Iranian government attempted to buy the S-400 surface-to-air missile system, but was rebuffed, according to a report. On May 30, Bloomberg reported that Tehran had made a request to …
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Pentagon Halts Work on Redesigned Kill Vehicle
The U.S. Department of Defense has issued a stop-work order to Boeing on the Redesigned Kill Vehicle, a program aimed at improving U.S. ballistic missile defense capabilities by replacing the …
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Ukraine Test-Fires Neptune Missile
Ukraine has carried out a test-fire of its Neptune anti-shipping missile. The test was conducted on April 5, and a video of it was posted to President Petro Poroshenko’s Facebook …
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Georgia Receives All Javelin Missile Systems
Georgia has received all of the Javelin systems it ordered from the U.S., the Defense Minister of that country said. In a speech to Parliament on April 4, 2019, Georgian …
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Australian DoD Announces New Short-Range Air Defense Capability
The Australian government announced on March 25 its intended procurement of a new short-range air defense capability involving the National Advanced Surface-to-Air Missile System (NASAMS) from Norway’s Kongsberg and U.S.-based …
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Lockheed Martin Sees Considerable Export Potential for JASSM Series
by Larry Dickerson, Missile Systems Analyst, Forecast International. The Lockheed Martin precision-guided Joint Air-to-Surface Missile (JASSM) made its official combat debut in 2018 during an attack on Syrian chemical warfare …
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Russia Markets Pantsyr-ME to the Middle East
Middle Eastern countries have shown interest in the Pantsyr-ME surface-to-air missile system, according to Russian officials.
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Raytheon Is In for the LTAMDS Sense Off
by C. Zachary Hofer, Defense Electronic Systems Analyst, Forecast International. In an announcement released on February 21, Raytheon announced that it would be competing in “the Olympics of radar.” This turn of …
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South Africa Pairs Gecko ATV and Starstreak MANPADS
The South African military has shown off a Gecko all-terrain vehicle paired with the Starstreak man-portable air defense system at the South African Armed Forces Day. a south African army …
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Joint Strike Missile Production Nears
by Larry Dickerson, Missile Systems Analyst, Forecast International. Since the 1990s, demand for precision-guided munitions has grown with usage rates reaching 100 percent during certain combat operations. This market will …
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