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Fire-struck sub had nuclear warheads on board

Barents Observer -
The Russian nuclear-powered submarine “Yekaterinburg”, which was severely damaged in a fire during repairs on December 29, had its missiles with nuclear warheads and other weapons on board. The fire aboard “Yekaterinburg” could have developed into the ...

Iran has outfitted boats with large warheads for suicide attacks

DigitalJournal.com -
We have watched with interest their development of long-range rockets and short, medium and long-range ballistic missiles and of course ... the development of their nuclear program." Reuters reports military experts say Iran's navy is no match for the ...

India to Test Launch Agni-5 ICBM in March

RIA Novosti -
NEW DELHI, February 14 (RIA Novosti) - India plans to test launch its new Agni-5 intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM), capable of carrying nuclear warheads, in the second half of March, The Times of India reported on Tuesday.

India Says It Has Successfully Tested Its New Missile Defence System

Ottawa Citizen (blog) -
The onboard radio frequency seeker identified the target missile, guided the AAD-05 Interceptor Missile close to the target missile, hit the target missile directly and destroyed it. Warhead also exploded and destroyed the target missile into pieces.

Space engineer who passed Russia missile secrets on to CIA jailed

Telegraph.co.uk -
"This is the Russian strategic missile forces' main launch site," independent military analyst Pavel Felgenhauer said.

Russian gets 13 years for passing missile data to CIA

AFP -
"All current mobile systems and their warheads are launched from and tested at Plesetsk." The military is currently developing a new generation of missiles and warheads that Moscow hopes will soon replace an ageing Soviet-era arsenal that was developed ...

Saudi Arabia to acquire nuclear weapons to counter Iran

The Australian -
Warheads would be purchased off the shelf from abroad, with work on a new ballistic missile platform getting under way to build an immediate deterrent, according to Saudi sources.

Inside an Israeli Missile Defense Team

Algemeiner -
9, an army source says, the teams planned to drill hits by non-conventional warheads, including chemical weapons. Down below, in a open field alongside the tower and over at a nearby gas station, soldiers fire a series of red flares several hundred ...

Nuclear ballistic missile command and control technology still a prime ...

Military & Aerospace Electronics -
Each Peacekeeper missile was designed to carry as many as 10 separate warheads, making this system one of the most destructive weapons ever deployed.

Mach 3 missiles for Royal Navy

The Sun -
By DAVID WILLETTS, Defence Correspondent THE Royal Navy is buying a new missile defence system for battleships that can obliterate supersonic warheads in mid-air. The MoD will today confirm a £483million contract to create Sea Ceptor.

Missile Defense Agency looks to Lockheed Martin for technology upgrades to THAAD

Military & Aerospace Electronics -
THAAD is an MDA system designed to shoot down short-, medium-, and intermediate-range ballistic missile warheads as these weapons are in their final phases of flight.

MDA Slashes $1B from Budget; SBX Shelved

Aviation Week -
By Amy Butler abutler@aviationweek.com The US Missile Defense Agency's funding request of $7.75 billion includes a major departure for the agency's testing regime: shelving the massive Raytheon Sea-Based X-Band (SBX) radar.

Israeli Attack on Iran's Nuclear Facilities Easier Said Than Done

Inter Press Service -
The least risky method of striking Natanz is with Israel's medium- range ballistic missiles, the Jericho II or III. It is believed that the Israeli missiles can reach Natanz. However, to travel that far the missiles will have a limited warhead weight, ...

Air Force, Navy give missile contracts

UPI.com -
Additional telemetry modules for the US Air Force's AIM-120 AMRAAM missiles are to be produced by Harris. Harris said the follow-on contract received for Warhead Replacement Tactical Telemetry Modules is a multiyear award worth $11 million and brings ...

Plymouth MP's offer on nuclear submarines if Scotland breaks away

Plymouth Herald -
... Trident nuclear missiles, and that operate from Faslane. But any move is set to cost billions of pounds due to the need to build a new storage facility for the nuclear warheads, which are currently stored at a facility at Coulport, near Faslane.

Air Force Eyes Mobile Options for Future ICBMs

National Journal -
The review said that loading all Minuteman 3s with a single warhead would increase stability at times of crisis by “reducing the incentives for either side to strike first.

Next US-Russia arms talks to move in challenging direction

Reuters -
The treaty did not address tactical, or shorter-range, nuclear weapons, or even stockpiles of strategic warheads held at storage facilities apart from their delivery vehicles.

Iran Reports Launch of Small Satellite

Sci-Tech Today -
But Iran's decade-old space program has raised alarms in the West, because the same technology that allows missiles to launch satellites can be used to fire warheads. Iran's Navid satellite was sent into orbit by a missile launch-vehicle dubbed Safir.

Local business briefs: Group kicks off vets' initiative

Florida Today -
Harris Corp. received a multi-year, $11 million follow-on order for Warhead Replacement Tactical Telemetry Modules supporting the US Air Force Advanced Medium-Range Air-to-Air Missile. Harris will deliver the devices to Tyndall Air Force Base in ...

It's time for a reality check on Harper's tough talk about Iran

TheChronicleHerald.ca -
Should Iran someday soon produce enough enriched uranium to create one nuclear warhead, and someday soon acquired a missile delivery system with intercontinental capability, it would then possess a single threat to international targets, ...
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