Naval Munitions (Page 2)

Posted on Mar 26, 2025

The U.S. Navy is set to help integrate the AGM-158C Long-Range Anti-Ship Missile (LRASM) onto the F-16 Viper fighter, giving those jets a huge enhancement in anti-ship capability.

Air

F-16 Is Getting Massive Anti-Ship Missile Upgrade F-16 Is Getting Massive Anti-Ship Missile Upgrade

Posted on Mar 18, 2025

Air

Tomahawk Cruise Missile Fired By Dutch Navy Frigate For First Time Tomahawk Cruise Missile Fired By Dutch Navy Frigate For First Time

Updated on Mar 12, 2025

Members of the U.S. Navy's Air Test and Evaluation Squadron 31 (VX-31) contributed to an important increase in live-fire testing of the secretive AIM-260A long-range air-to-air missile last year, it has emerged.

Air

Secretive AIM-260 Air-To-Air Missile Live-Fire Testing Surged Last Year With Navy Help Secretive AIM-260 Air-To-Air Missile Live-Fire Testing Surged Last Year With Navy Help

Posted on Mar 10, 2025

The U.S. does not know how many weapons the Houthis posses, but praise their innovative abilities.

Houthi Weapons Arsenal Remains A Mystery To The U.S. Houthi Weapons Arsenal Remains A Mystery To The U.S.

Posted on Mar 6, 2025

A domestically-produced F-CK-1 indigenous defence fighter jet (IDF) takes off during a visit by the island's president and the media from Penghu Air Force Base on Magong island in the Penghu islands on September 22, 2020. (Photo by Sam Yeh / AFP) (Photo by SAM YEH/AFP via Getty Images)

Air

Air-Launched Supersonic Anti-Ship Missile Being Tested By Taiwan Air-Launched Supersonic Anti-Ship Missile Being Tested By Taiwan

Updated on Feb 25, 2025

Airbus Defense and Space has begun a risk-assessment study for France’s future maritime patrol aircraft (MPA), to be based on an Airbus A321 airliner platform. Billed as a “flying frigate” by the company, the new MPA is intended to replace the French Navy’s Dassault Atlantique 2 fleet but arrives at a time when NATO nations are increasingly adopting the in-production Boeing P-8 Poseidon for their maritime patrol requirements.

Air

Airbus A321 Airliners To Be Modified Into “Flying Frigate” Patrol Jets By France Airbus A321 Airliners To Be Modified Into “Flying Frigate” Patrol Jets By France

Posted on Feb 5, 2025

A relatively low-cost cruise missile that the U.S. Air Force is now developing could transform into an air-launched counter-drone weapon.

Air

Cheap Cruise Missile Program Set To Evolve Into Air-To-Air Drone Interceptor Cheap Cruise Missile Program Set To Evolve Into Air-To-Air Drone Interceptor

Updated on Jan 31, 2025

U.S. Navy officials have laid out several priorities they say are key to ensuring the service's carrier air wings will be able to succeed in future conflicts, especially a high-end fight in the Pacific.

Sea

Carrier Air Wing’s Key Priorities To Win In Future Pacific Fight Laid Out By Navy Carrier Air Wing’s Key Priorities To Win In Future Pacific Fight Laid Out By Navy

Posted on Jan 30, 2025

PACIFIC OCEAN (Jan. 23, 2024) The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Spruance (DDG 111) fires an SM-2 missile during a live-fire exercise. Spruance, assigned to the Abraham Lincoln Carrier Strike Group, is currently underway in the U.S. 3rd Fleet area of operations conducting advanced tactical training that increases warfighting capability and tactical proficiency across all domains. (U.S. Navy photo by Ensign John Rosenberg)

Navy Warships Have To Leave Red Sea Fight For Weeks To Reload Their Missiles Navy Warships Have To Leave Red Sea Fight For Weeks To Reload Their Missiles

Updated on Jan 17, 2025

Newly released pictures offer the first real look at the four new large launch tubes for firing Intermediate-Range Conventional Prompt Strike (IRCPS) hypersonic missiles now installed on the U.S. Navy's stealth destroyer USS Zumwalt.

Sea

First Look At Stealth Destroyer’s Hypersonic Missile Launchers First Look At Stealth Destroyer’s Hypersonic Missile Launchers

Posted on Jan 16, 2025

How many weapons US Navy ships launched in the Red Sea.

Navy Just Revealed Tally Of Surface-To-Air Missiles Fired In Ongoing Red Sea Fight Navy Just Revealed Tally Of Surface-To-Air Missiles Fired In Ongoing Red Sea Fight

Updated on Jan 14, 2025

The arsenals of the U.S. Air Force's F-15E Strike Eagle and F-15EX Eagle II combat jets look set to grow with the addition of stealthy AGM-158C Long-Range Anti-Ship Missiles (LRASM).

Air

Stealthy AGM-158C Long-Range Anti-Ship Missiles To Arm F-15EX, F-15E Stealthy AGM-158C Long-Range Anti-Ship Missiles To Arm F-15EX, F-15E

Updated on Jan 9, 2025

A U.S. Navy F/A-18F Super Hornet was conducting a refueling mission over the Red Sea when it was downed in a friendly fire incident this past weekend.

Sea

F/A-18F Shot Down By Friendly Cruiser Was In The Middle Of A Refueling Mission F/A-18F Shot Down By Friendly Cruiser Was In The Middle Of A Refueling Mission

By Joseph Trevithick, By Geoff Ziezulewicz, By Howard Altman

Posted on Dec 23, 2024

The U.S. Army has finally test-fired its Dark Eagle hypersonic missile from its trailer-based launcher after attempting to do so for some two years.

Land

Army’s Dark Eagle Hypersonic Missile Finally Blasts Out Of Its Launcher Army’s Dark Eagle Hypersonic Missile Finally Blasts Out Of Its Launcher

Posted on Dec 13, 2024

A Standard-Missile 6 is fired from a Mk 70 mobile missile launcher in 2023.

Littoral Combat Ships To Sail With Mk70 Vertical Launchers Strapped To Their Decks Littoral Combat Ships To Sail With Mk70 Vertical Launchers Strapped To Their Decks

Posted on Dec 12, 2024

HMAS Brisbane fires a Tomahawk Weapon System off of the cost of San Diego, United States of America.

Sea

Australian Navy Fires Tomahawk Cruise Missile For The First Time Australian Navy Fires Tomahawk Cruise Missile For The First Time

Posted on Dec 9, 2024

The USS Zumwalt's hypersonic missile launchers are now installed.

Sea

USS Zumwalt Returns To The Water With A Hypersonic Missile Launcher Upgrade USS Zumwalt Returns To The Water With A Hypersonic Missile Launcher Upgrade

Posted on Dec 6, 2024

Sea

USS Carney’s Red Sea Operations Highlight 5-inch Deck Gun’s Anti-Air Capability USS Carney’s Red Sea Operations Highlight 5-inch Deck Gun’s Anti-Air Capability

Posted on Dec 6, 2024

A recent drill by the Russian Armed Forces in the Mediterranean has provided us with a more detailed view of the shadowy Zircon hypersonic missile, a weapon that has only been glimpsed in the past and shown up in the form of fragments after being combat tested in Ukraine. The maneuvers come as Russia’s position in Syria — home to its two major Mediterranean bases — increasingly looks to be under threat, as rebels continue their rapid advance south, threatening the rule of Bashar al-Assad, a key Kremlin ally.

Sea

Our Best Look At Russia’s Shadowy Zircon Hypersonic Missile Our Best Look At Russia’s Shadowy Zircon Hypersonic Missile

Posted on Dec 4, 2024

The Republic of Korea Navy (ROKN) recently commissioned the first of its new KDX-III Batch 2 destroyers, also known as the Sejong Daewang class. Among the many advanced features incorporated in these warships, especially striking is the latest version of the Korean Vertical Launch System — KVLS-II — which is initially planned to hold surface-to-air missiles, but which could well also add land attack cruise missiles, and ballistic missiles.

South Korea’s New Destroyer Is Designed To Fire Ballistic Missiles South Korea’s New Destroyer Is Designed To Fire Ballistic Missiles

Posted on Dec 3, 2024

The German arm of the European missile house described its RCM² remote carrier (RC) as a multidomain platform that is able to perform both kinetic strike and electronic warfare (EW) jamming and decoy roles in highly contested and denied airspace.

Air

This Is MBDA’s Latest Vision For Its Cruise Missile-Like RCM² ‘Remote Carrier’ This Is MBDA’s Latest Vision For Its Cruise Missile-Like RCM² ‘Remote Carrier’

Posted on Nov 27, 2024

Submarine launches tomahawk cruise missile.

Sea

Pros And Cons Of The Navy’s Controversial Submarine-Launched Nuclear Cruise Missile Pros And Cons Of The Navy’s Controversial Submarine-Launched Nuclear Cruise Missile

Posted on Nov 21, 2024

The U.S. military risks going into a potential major fight with China with insufficient stocks of Patriot surface-to-air interceptors and other key munitions due to obligations in the Middle East and Ukraine, the top officer in the Pacific has warned.

Air

Conflicts ‘Eating Into’ Critical Munitions Stockpiles Needed For China Fight, Top U.S. Officer In Pacific Warns Conflicts ‘Eating Into’ Critical Munitions Stockpiles Needed For China Fight, Top U.S. Officer In Pacific Warns

Posted on Nov 20, 2024

Sea

Giant Uncrewed Submarine Put Forward By Chinese Shipbuilder, Possibly Linked To Existing Design Giant Uncrewed Submarine Put Forward By Chinese Shipbuilder, Possibly Linked To Existing Design

Posted on Nov 14, 2024

A new palletized ground-based launcher concept that can be loaded with up to two dozen 227mm guided artillery rockets at a time – four times what an M142 High Mobility Artillery Rocket System (HIMARS) can pack at once – recently broke cover.

Land

Mobile Launcher That Can Fire Four Times More Weapons Than HIMARS Emerges Mobile Launcher That Can Fire Four Times More Weapons Than HIMARS Emerges

Updated on Nov 13, 2024

Land

Chinese Hypersonic Boost-Glide Vehicle Concept That Launches Its Own Weapons Emerges Chinese Hypersonic Boost-Glide Vehicle Concept That Launches Its Own Weapons Emerges

Posted on Nov 11, 2024

The U.S. Navy plans to keep all 12 of its Flight I Arleigh Burke class destroyers in service beyond their originally 35-year expected service life.

Sea

Oldest Arleigh Burke Destroyers Get Reprieve, Service Extended Into 2030s Oldest Arleigh Burke Destroyers Get Reprieve, Service Extended Into 2030s

Posted on Oct 31, 2024

The U.S. Army is already interested in scaling down its new Typhon ground-based missile system, if possible, to help make it easier to deploy and operate.

Land

Army Looking To Shrink Typhon Missile System After Lessons Learned From First Deployment Army Looking To Shrink Typhon Missile System After Lessons Learned From First Deployment

Posted on Oct 15, 2024

USS Chosen VLS resupply at sea test off San Diego.

Navy Just Reloaded A Vertical Launch System For The First Time While Underway At Sea Navy Just Reloaded A Vertical Launch System For The First Time While Underway At Sea

Updated on Oct 12, 2024

The U.S. Navy said it successfully intercepted several Iranian missiles headed to Israel.

U.S. Navy Destroyers “Successfully Engaged” Iranian Ballistic Missiles On Their Way To Israel U.S. Navy Destroyers “Successfully Engaged” Iranian Ballistic Missiles On Their Way To Israel

Posted on Oct 2, 2024

Sea

New Dutch Navy Support Vessels Will Be Missile-Toting Wingmen To Frigates New Dutch Navy Support Vessels Will Be Missile-Toting Wingmen To Frigates

Posted on Sep 25, 2024

Air

Everything We Just Learned About The Supersized AGM-158 XR Stealth Cruise Missile Everything We Just Learned About The Supersized AGM-158 XR Stealth Cruise Missile

Posted on Sep 16, 2024

Defense contractor Anduril has unveiled Barracuda, a new family of what it is calling "expandable autonomous air vehicles" that are scalable, highly modular, and already being flight-tested. The company is heavily focused now on "M" versions configured as relatively low-cost air-breathing precision munitions that could be launched from helicopters and fixed-wing aircraft, as well as maritime and ground platforms.

Air

Anduril Introduces Barracuda-M That Aims To Disrupt The Cruise Missile Market Anduril Introduces Barracuda-M That Aims To Disrupt The Cruise Missile Market

Posted on Sep 12, 2024

A series of photos have emerged showing a U.S. Navy F/A-18F Super Hornet with a remarkable and hitherto unseen air-to-air load-out, including four of the very long-range AIM-174B air-to-air missiles.

Air

F/A-18 Super Hornet Appears With Unprecedented Heavy Air-To-Air Missile Load F/A-18 Super Hornet Appears With Unprecedented Heavy Air-To-Air Missile Load

By Thomas Newdick, By Tyler Rogoway

Posted on Sep 11, 2024

Air

New ‘Cheap’ Cruise Missile Concept Flight Tested By Silicon Valley-Backed Start-Up New ‘Cheap’ Cruise Missile Concept Flight Tested By Silicon Valley-Backed Start-Up

Posted on Aug 21, 2024

The US Army is eyeing adding the SM-6 to its air and missile defense arsenal, in addition to work already being done to field it in the long-range strike role.

Land

SM-6 Eyed As New Surface-To-Air Interceptor For The Army SM-6 Eyed As New Surface-To-Air Interceptor For The Army

Posted on Jul 24, 2024

A look at an AIM-174 air-launched version of the SM-6 missile with previously unseen markings under the wing of a Super Hornet aboard the USS Carl Vinson has emerged.

Air

AIM-174 Missile Seen On Super Hornet About To Launch From A Carrier For First Time AIM-174 Missile Seen On Super Hornet About To Launch From A Carrier For First Time

By Tyler Rogoway, By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Jul 23, 2024

Russia may give anti-ship missiles to the Houthis, who carried out their first lethal strike on Israel today.

Intel Says Russia Looking To Arm Houthis With Anti-Ship Missiles: Report Intel Says Russia Looking To Arm Houthis With Anti-Ship Missiles: Report

Posted on Jul 19, 2024

The Arleigh Burke class destroyer USS Fitzgerald it participating in the biennial RIMPAC exercise with a new addition to its arsenal, stealthy Naval Strike Missiles.

Sea

Navy Destroyer Modified With Naval Strike Missiles Sailing In RIMPAC Wargames Navy Destroyer Modified With Naval Strike Missiles Sailing In RIMPAC Wargames

Posted on Jul 19, 2024

The Dwight D. Eisenhower Carrier Strike Group expended 770 missiles and other munitions at Houthi targets over the course of a recently concluded nine-month deployment.

Around The Globe

770 Weapons Expended By Eisenhower Carrier Strike Group On Historic Red Sea Deployment 770 Weapons Expended By Eisenhower Carrier Strike Group On Historic Red Sea Deployment

Posted on Jul 16, 2024

The Senate Armed Services Committee has directed the US Navy to look at other missile-armed ship options in response to major delays with the Constellation class frigate program.

Sea

Navy To Explore Arming Other Ships With Missiles Amid Constellation Frigate Woes Navy To Explore Arming Other Ships With Missiles Amid Constellation Frigate Woes

Posted on Jul 11, 2024

Russia is now using the Sea of Azov to launch missiles act Ukraine.

Ukraine Situation Report: Russia Now Launching Kalibr Cruise Missiles From The Sea Of Azov Ukraine Situation Report: Russia Now Launching Kalibr Cruise Missiles From The Sea Of Azov

Posted on Jun 22, 2024

Type 074 sunk by wake homing torpedo by the Chinese Navy.

Amphibious Assault Ships

Chinese Submarine’s Torpedo Destroys Amphibious Landing Ship During Exercise Chinese Submarine’s Torpedo Destroys Amphibious Landing Ship During Exercise

Updated on Jun 17, 2024

Collins class submarines will not get Tomahawk land attack cruise missile capabilities.

Sea

Australia Won’t Arm Collins Class Submarines With Tomahawks Australia Won’t Arm Collins Class Submarines With Tomahawks

Posted on Jun 5, 2024

The Navy has been eying the possibility of arming its ships and submarines, as well as aircraft, with a new air-breathing hypersonic anti-ship cruise missile.

Air

Navy’s HALO Hypersonic Anti-Ship Missile Planned For Ships, Submarines, As Well As Jets Navy’s HALO Hypersonic Anti-Ship Missile Planned For Ships, Submarines, As Well As Jets

Posted on Jun 5, 2024

Photos have emerged showing a U.S. Navy F/A-18E/F Super Hornet carrying what appears to be an air-launched version of the RIM-174 SM-6 missile, a weapon that can counter aerial threats at long ranges, as well as ground and surface targets.

Air

Super Hornet Armed With SM-6 Missile Spotted Over California Super Hornet Armed With SM-6 Missile Spotted Over California

Posted on Jun 4, 2024

The US Air Force has awarded its first contract for the purchase of production Joint Strike Missiles which are set to give its F-35A Joint Strike Fighters a new and capable stand-off strike option against targets on land and at sea.

Air

USAF F-35s Are Officially Getting Joint Strike Cruise Missiles That Fit In Their Bays USAF F-35s Are Officially Getting Joint Strike Cruise Missiles That Fit In Their Bays

Posted on Jun 1, 2024

The first official photos have appeared showing a Soviet-era ground-based air defense system upgraded with Western surface-to-air missiles — a so-called ‘FrankenSAM.’ The images, published by Ukraine’s Operational Command East, show a tracked self-propelled Buk-M1 system — known in the West as SA-11 Gadfly — which is said to have been adapted to fire the RIM-7 Sea Sparrow, a missile that previously provided point defense for numerous NATO and allied warships.

Land

Ukraine’s FrankenSAM That Uses RIM-7 Sea Sparrow Missiles Breaks Cover Ukraine’s FrankenSAM That Uses RIM-7 Sea Sparrow Missiles Breaks Cover

Updated on May 28, 2024

A comprehensive breakdown of what U.S. Navy missiles actually cost.

Sea

What The Navy’s Ship-Launched Missiles Actually Cost What The Navy’s Ship-Launched Missiles Actually Cost

Posted on May 21, 2024

Lockheed Martin, in cooperation with elements of the US Department of Defense, has successfully shot down a mock cruise missile with a PAC-3 MSE interceptor fired from a Mk 70 launcher derived from the Mk 41 Vertical Launch System.

Sea

Successful Patriot Interceptor Test From Naval Vertical Launcher Is A Big Deal Successful Patriot Interceptor Test From Naval Vertical Launcher Is A Big Deal

Posted on May 20, 2024

In a most unusual development in the Black Sea ‘drone war,’ Ukraine appears to have begun arming uncrewed surface vessels (USVs), better known as drone boats, with heat-seeking air-to-air missiles. The adaptation seems to have been made to provide the USVs with protection against the Russian helicopters and fixed-wing aircraft that are increasingly being used to counter them, although many questions remain about how these newly added weapons are intended work.

Ukrainian Drone Boats Now Armed With Adapted Air-To-Air Missiles Ukrainian Drone Boats Now Armed With Adapted Air-To-Air Missiles

Posted on May 6, 2024

The Navy needs more SM-3 surface to air missiles says Navy Secretary Carlos Del Toro.

Sea

More SM-3 Interceptors Needed After Downing Iranian Ballistic Missiles: Navy Secretary More SM-3 Interceptors Needed After Downing Iranian Ballistic Missiles: Navy Secretary

Posted on May 3, 2024

A variety of US and other foreign military assets, including US Navy Arleigh Burke class destroyers helped shoot down Iranian missiles and drones heading for targets in Israel.

Sea

Signs Point To Combat Debut Of Navy’s SM-3 Interceptor Against Iranian Ballistic Missiles Signs Point To Combat Debut Of Navy’s SM-3 Interceptor Against Iranian Ballistic Missiles

Posted on Apr 14, 2024

Sea

Navy Wants A Cheap Heavy Torpedo That Can Be Stockpiled Fast Navy Wants A Cheap Heavy Torpedo That Can Be Stockpiled Fast

By Hope Hodge Seck

Posted on Apr 10, 2024

The US Navy is looking to add RIM-116 Rolling Airframe Missiles to the arsenals of most of its Arleigh Burke class destroyers, and is pushing ahead with other more substantial upgrades for those ships, too.

Sea

Rolling Airframe Missiles To Arm Arleigh Burke Destroyer Fleet Rolling Airframe Missiles To Arm Arleigh Burke Destroyer Fleet

Posted on Apr 9, 2024

A missile is launched from the Sa'ar 6-class corvette during the series of live-fire tests of the naval version of its Iron Dome missile-defense system, called "C-Dome"at sea on February 21, 2022.

Sea

Israel’s Ship-Based Iron Dome Just Got Its First Combat Kill Israel’s Ship-Based Iron Dome Just Got Its First Combat Kill

Posted on Apr 9, 2024

The Royal Danish Navy’s recent woes are continuing, with the service today having declared a missile failure aboard one of its frigates, the Niels Juel, at a harbor in the Baltic Sea. As well forcing the closure of Denmark’s most important strait connecting the Baltic Sea and the Atlantic Ocean, the incident comes one day after the sacking of the head of the Danish Armed Forces, amid the fallout of weapons failures aboard another of its frigates, which was protecting Red Sea shipping against Houthi attacks.

Sea

Harpoon Missile Malfunction On Danish Frigate Closes Part Of Baltic Strait Harpoon Missile Malfunction On Danish Frigate Closes Part Of Baltic Strait

Posted on Apr 4, 2024

Sea

Navy’s Rush To Test Microwave Weapons Tied To Anti-Ship Ballistic Missile Fears Navy’s Rush To Test Microwave Weapons Tied To Anti-Ship Ballistic Missile Fears

Posted on Mar 29, 2024

The Netherlands will buy four new conventionally powered submarines from France, to replace its Cold War-era Walrus class and to contribute to a new-look defense posture in which long-range conventional strike capabilities are given new importance.

Sea

Dutch Choose French Design For New Tomahawk-Armed Submarines Dutch Choose French Design For New Tomahawk-Armed Submarines

Posted on Mar 15, 2024

Replenishing Missiles Used To Down Houthi Threats Will Require Extra Funding Replenishing Missiles Used To Down Houthi Threats Will Require Extra Funding

Posted on Mar 12, 2024

Sea

Italian Destroyer Guns Down Houthi Drone With 76mm ‘Super Rapid’ Cannon Italian Destroyer Guns Down Houthi Drone With 76mm ‘Super Rapid’ Cannon

Posted on Mar 4, 2024

Sea Viper missiles being loaded onto HMS Diamond

Sea

British Destroyer Rearming In Gibraltar, Heading Back To Red Sea British Destroyer Rearming In Gibraltar, Heading Back To Red Sea

Posted on Feb 26, 2024

Sea

Royal Navy Trident Ballistic Missile Fails Test Launch For Second Time In A Row Royal Navy Trident Ballistic Missile Fails Test Launch For Second Time In A Row