Missile Defense & Weapons Analysis
Oct 13, 2020
Raytheon’s GBU-53/B, also known as StormBreaker, is now operational on the Boeing F-15E fleet, the U.S. Air Force announced Oct. 13. The 250 lb…
Oct 13, 2020
Army Secretary Ryan McCarthy’s remarks during a keynote speech at the Association of the U.S. Army’s virtual annual meeting appear to confirm the previously unannounced accuracy results from the Flight Experiment (FE)-2 test.
Oct 12, 2020
North Korea has unveiled a new type of submarine-launched ballistic missile (SLBM) in two versions, intended to fit into vessels with different launch tubes.
Oct 12, 2020
The new liquid-propellant weapon appeared to be an enlargement of North Korea’s previous ICBM, Hwasong 15, which implicitly has insufficient payload-range capability for all of North Korea’s purposes.
Oct 09, 2020
The U.S. Space Development Agency is looking for a company to launch an initial set of 28 communications and missile tracking satellites to low Earth orbit beginning in September 2022.
Oct 09, 2020
The new generation anti-radiation missile successfully hit a radiating target on Wheeler Island after being launched from a Sukhoi Su-30 MKI.
Oct 09, 2020
As NASA continues feasibility studies into nuclear propulsion for deep space missions, DARPA has awarded an initial contract to help pave the way toward possible orbital tests of a nuclear-powered rocket for U.S. military use in and around cislunar space.
Oct 08, 2020
Multiple Air Launched Effects vehicles were recovered in flight by an octorotor during the Project Convergence 20 demonstration.