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Mk 41 launcher MDA Guam

Tilting Mark 41 Launcher Emerges During Guam’s First Aegis Ashore Missile Defense Test

By Geoff Ziezulewicz, Joseph Trevithick
Posted on Dec 10, 2024
The Israeli Air Force (IAF) has released a rare picture of an F-16I fighter armed with four Rampage missiles, an adaptation of a ground-launched precision-guided artillery rocket.

Israeli F-16I Shown Loaded-Up With Four Rampage Stand-Off Missiles (Updated)

By Joseph Trevithick
Posted on Oct 30, 2024
A Russian-made, S-300 missile system drives in front of the officials' stand during a military parade marking the annual Iranian National Army Day in Tehran, on April 18, 2019. - Iran's President Hassan Rouhani called on Middle East states on April 18 to "drive back Zionism", in an Army Day tirade against the Islamic republic's archfoe Israel. Speaking flanked by top general as troops paraded in a show of might, Rouhani also sought to reassure the region that the weaponry on display was for defensive purposes and not a threat.

Israeli Strikes Knocked Out All Of Iran’s S-300 Air Defense Systems: Officials

By Thomas Newdick
Posted on Oct 28, 2024
IAF strikes Iran

Israel’s Reprisal Strike Carefully Calculated, Unclear If Jets Ever Flew Over Iran

By Howard Altman, Tyler Rogoway
Posted on Oct 26, 2024
The US Army's new Precision Strike Missile might provide the United States a ready path to acquiring an air-launched ballistic missile, a type of weapon that is seeing a renaissance around the world.

Army’s New PrSM Ballistic Missile Should Be Adapted Into An Air Launched Weapon

By Tyler Rogoway, Joseph Trevithick
Posted on Jun 10, 2024
Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) today officially unveiled an air-launched version of its LORA (Long Range Artillery), a short-range ballistic missile originally developed for ground launch. The new weapon joins an expanding armory of ballistic missile designs adapted for air launch, including the Israel Military Industries (IMI) Rampage, also based on a long-range artillery munition.

Air LORA, Israel’s Biggest Air-Launched Ballistic Missile, Emerges From The Shadows

By Thomas Newdick
Posted on Jun 6, 2024
Footage has been published, apparently for the first time, showing a Chinese H-6 bomber dropping one of the shadowy air-launched ballistic missiles known by the designation 2PZD-21. The missile is part of a growing armory of Chinese aero-ballistic missiles and is widely understood to be a ‘carrier-killer’ weapon designed to be used as part of the country’s anti-access/area denial (A2/AD) strategy. However, many questions remain about the role of the weapon and its capabilities.

China’s H-6K Bomber Seen Firing Air-Launched Ballistic Missile For First Time

By Thomas Newdick
Posted on May 1, 2024
Mystery missile in Iraq.

Mystery Weapon Appears In Iraqi Field After Israeli Strike (Updated)

By Tyler Rogoway
Updated on Apr 20, 2024
The Missile Defense Agency has released rare video footage showing the entire launch sequence of a mock medium-range ballistic missile from a C-17 cargo plane during a recent test.

C-17 Launching Mock Ballistic Missile Seen Like Never Before

By Joseph Trevithick
Posted on Feb 9, 2024
Ukrainian sappers disarm the warhead of a Kinzhal missile shot down over Kyiv Jan. 2

Ukraine Situation Report: Downed Kinzhal Warhead Recovered In Kyiv

By Howard Altman
Posted on Jan 6, 2024
A fire is burning in Kyiv, Ukraine, on January 2, 2024, caused by a Russian missile strike during a massive missile attack this morning.

Ukraine Situation Report: Massive Russian Missile Barrage Starts New Year

By Thomas Newdick
Posted on Jan 2, 2024
Officials work around the destruction after Russian airstrikes which killed 6 and injured around 28 people including a baby and severely damaged vehicles, a shopping mall , a maternity hospital and other buildings according to statements of Governor of Dnipropetrovsk Serhiy Lysak in Dnipro, Ukraine on December 29, 2023.

Russia Launches Biggest Long-Range Attack Since Start Of War

By Thomas Newdick
Posted on Dec 29, 2023
Patriot Missile shot down Kinzhal

Ukraine Situation Report: Kyiv Claims Patriot Intercepted Kinzhal Air-Launched Ballistic Missile

By Stetson Payne
Posted on May 6, 2023
Russian Kh-47 hypersonic missile

Largest Volley Of Russian Hypersonic Kinzhal Missiles Ever Descended On Ukraine

By Howard Altman
Updated on Mar 10, 2023
We Have Questions About Russia’s Claimed Kinzhal Hypersonic Missile Use In Ukraine (Updated)

We Have Questions About Russia’s Claimed Kinzhal Hypersonic Missile Use In Ukraine (Updated)

By Tyler Rogoway and Stetson Payne
Updated on Mar 21, 2022
Massive Explosion Hits Shopping Mall Area Overnight In Kyiv

Massive Explosion Hits Shopping Mall Area Overnight In Kyiv

By Stetson Payne and Tyler Rogoway
Updated on Mar 21, 2022