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Recent Features: Earth Penetrators Destroy Tunnels Under the Gaza-Rafah Borderline IAF Head of Operations: Precision Attack is Transformational for the Ground Battle New Weapons at Farnborough 2008 Guided Weapons Become Smarter No Comms - No Bombs - US Air Force Tests New Initiatives to Improve Connectivity, Procedures Pursuing Time Sensitive Targets Training & Simulation Technologies at I/ITSEc 2007 Missiles for Precision attack at AUSA 06 ISR Adapting to Support Time Critical Targeting June 2011: Iran Embarks on the 6th ‘Great Prophet’ Week-Long Exercise SS-NX-30 Bulava Tests to Resume This Week PARS 3 LR Competes for Two Indian Attack Helicopter Programs Modernized AN/TPQ-37 Artillery Fire Locating Redeployed in Iraq Agni III, Long Range Ballistic Missile Inducted with India’s Strategic Forces May 2011: MBDA Completes Successful PARS-3LR Missiles Test Series Precision Mortars – Maturing in Combat Keshet – the IDF New Automated Mortar Pakistan Tests Ra’ad (HATF VIII) Air-Launched Cruise Missile Pakistan Tests HATF IX Nuclear-Capable Short Range Tactical Guided Weapon MICA-VL Demonstrates its Capability Intercepting Stand-Off Weapons AVIBRAS Unveil a New UAV, Guided Cruise Missile at LAAD 2011 April 2011: Raytheon Awarded $321 Million for the Production of 24 SM- 3 Block 1B Missiles Lockheed Awarded Production Order for Two THAAD Batteries March 2011: Improved Patriot PAC-3 Scores Another Hit February 2011: Despite Test Range Success – Iron Dome Is Not Operational Yet Advanced Arrow-2 Intercepts Shihab III Surrogate Target over the Pacific Ocean Third S-400 Regiment To Defend Russia’s Far East Pakistan Test Fires Nuclear-Capable Hatf-7 Cruise Missile MANPADS Revitalized with Red-Sky II IAI, DRDO on Course to Integrate Barak-8 on the First Vessel in 2012 Iranian Ballistic Missile Scores a Direct Hit on a Target Ship Army Funds Additional $139 Million for HIMARS Rocket Systems January 2011: Raytheon Awards More Contracts for Mobile Centurion Subsystems Lockheed Martin Awarded $218 to Test Six New Anti-Ship Missiles December 2010: Lockheed Martin Awarded +$900 Million Order for ‘Tactical Missiles’ for UAE, Taiwan U.S. Missile Interceptor Fails on Missile Defense Test Agni II Plus Fails First Flight Test North Korean ‘smoking gun’ spotted: Rocket Launchers in Positions aimed at South Korean Yeonpyeong island November 2010: Falcon is Healthy, Few Tweaks Will Suffice to Fly the Next Mission in Late 2011 U.S. Challenges Iran, Equipping Gulf States with More Ballistic Missiles Israel Delays Deployment of Iron Dome October 2010: Distributed Aperture System Tracks Ballistic Missiles from 1,300 km Away MBDA Tests a Novel Penetrating Warhead September 2010: Pentagon Tests U.S., Foreign Active Protection Systems in Search for a Mature Solution Against RPGs Laser JDAM Tested with 2,000 pound Mk-84 Warhead IMI’s Iron Fist APS Completes a Successful Evaluation in the U.S.A. How serious is the P800 Yakhont threat? Does it have a destabilizing effect on the Middle East? August 2010: More details on the SDB-53/B Small Diamet April 2010: Army NLOS Dead. Will the Navy Keep it Alive Gel-Based Rocket Propellant Matures at Bayern-Chemie Missile Cooperation Between Iran and China Iran Displays Advanced Ballistic Missiles, Air Defense Systems & Anti-Ship Missiles on Army Day Parade U.S. Air Force to Test X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle Pantsir-S1, S-300 Tested on a Russian Air Defense Drill APKWS Rockets Enter Production, to arm USMC Gunships First Exocet Block III Anti-Ship Missile Fired at Sea France Evaluates Two Anti-Tank Missile Options Sagem to Deliver 3,400 AASM Weapons India Test Fires AGNI-3 NuclearCapable Ballistic Missile Reality Check for NLOS Missile System Another Successful Launch for the Sineva Russian Forces to deploy a Second Iskander Battalion Near Leningrad Saudis buy Storm Shadow New and Enhanced Patriot Scores a First Kill in an Intercept Test Iran is Seeking a Missile defense System High Power Laser Mature into Weapons Systems A Nuclear Missile Launched on a Joint U.S-Saudi Test Counter-IED Micro-Rocket Developed by Israel's Rafael March 2010: Israel Tests Simulated Multi-layered Missile Defense February 2010: After Long Delay S-400 Triumf Finally Get to the Field India Unveils Shaurya - Submarine Launched Missile Airborne Laser Demonstrates First Ballistic Missile Intercept January 2010: Bulava Missile Failed due to a Design Flaw Airborne Laser Conducts First Engagement with a Target Missile SM-6 Successful on 4th Test Flight BAE on Track to Complete LRLAP Projectile Jammer-Packed MALD Decoy Completes Test Flight South Korea Offers UVS, Missile Technology to the UAE Flechette is Back in Action with Marines in Afghanistan Israel's Iron-Dome Missile Interceptor to Become Operational by May 2010 December 2009: Iran Tests an Upgraded Sejjil-2 Ballistic Missile Rafael Unveils 'Non Line of Sight' Spike Missile Operating at 25 km Range November 2009: Israel, U.S. European Command Embark on Juniper Cobra Joint Air-Defense Exercise JASSM-ER Completes Six Successful Test Flights Second Russian Mobile ICBM Regiment to Become Operational Tomahawk Test Demonstrates Time-Critical Use BAE Systems APKWS Rocket Enters Final Testing Phase October 2009: Future Land-Based Air and Missile Defense Systems at AUSA 2009 Precision Fires and Effects Outlined at AUSA 2009 M-501 NLOS - Non Line Of Sight Missile System HAMMER - Ground Launched Loitering Missile September 2009: Light Attack Armed Reconnaissance Aircraft (LAAR) Israel Unveils New Precision Weapon Systems for the Ground Forces Improved Precision for Artillery Projectile IAI's new Precision Attack Missile aims at Infantry Support Rafael Unveils Mini-Spike Anti-Personnel Guided Weapon July 2009: Rafael concludes a succesful Iron Dome C-RAM tests series New rockets Mature to Expand Asymmetric Warfare toolkit June 2009: IAI Introduces New Medium Laser Guided Weapon Delilah - The IAF Loitering Missile May 2009: Iran Tests Second Solid-Fuelled Sejjil Missile, Capable of 2,000 km Israel TV Channel 2: Syria Tested Scud-D Missile Iran, Belarus Discuss Export of Russian Iskander-M Surface Attack Missiles April 2009: Raytheon Demonstrates Maturity of a New SDB-II Design Raytheon to Reopen Maverick Production Korean Company to Offer Wing Assembly for 2,000-Pound JDAM ER December 2008 Palestinians Deploy Chinese Extended Range 122mm Rockets Israel's Navy Fires Spike Missiles from Typhoon Weapon Stations Earth Penetrators Destroy Tunnels Under the Gaza-Rafah Borderline November 2008 Northrop Grumman Introduces a new Weaponized Solid-State Laser Boeing Delivers Initial Shipment of Laser Guided JDAM to the US Navy Raytheon Introduces Upgrades for JSOW, Maverick Aerial Strike Weapons Russian Planned Basing of Iskander missile systems in Kaliningrad Could target US Missile defense sites in Poland and Czech Republic Sniper Targeting Pod Enhances Cooperative Engagement Support September 2008 US Army Selects Lockheed Martin, Raytheon-Boeing to develop JAGM missiles August 2008 Ramjet Propulsion, Advanced Seeker to Enhance the Navy's Radar Killers Future Air-to-Surface Guided Weapon (FASGW) New Lightweight Missiles are Tailored for Asymmetric Warfare Team LW Introduces the Fire Shadow Common Anti-Air Modular Missile family (CAMM) Successor for Brimstone, MMW Hellfire June 2008 IAI's Unveils Multi-Purpose Lahat Missile at Eurosatory 2008 British Predator B (Reaper) fires weapons for first time U.S. Air Force Accelerates B-1B /Targeting Pod Integration May 2008 JSOW-C1 IR Seeker Tracks Moving Targets At Sea Lockheed Martin Successful in First SCALPEL Flight Test USAF Drops GPS Enhanced Laser Guided Weapon from MQ-9 Reaper MBDA to Market Sagem's AASM Precision Guided Weapons Boeing Receives Contract to Further Develop Dual-Role Missile Fire Shadow Loitering Munition Demonstrated in First Flight JAGM - One Successor for Tow, Hellfire and Maverick AARGM - The Sensor is the Weapon Smart Rockets Singapore Selects Sniper Targeting Pods for its New F-16s February 2008 U.S., Israel Pursue Counter Rocket, Artillery & Mortar(CRAM) Weapons Finland Equips Upgraded F/A-18 with Litening AT Targeting Pods U.S. Navy, Boeing Launch Harpoon Block III Upgrade January 2008 Fifth Missile Regiment to Get SS-27 Topol ICBM December 2007 Saab Scores Two Export Contracts, for Arthur & BILL-2 Spain Orders Spike ER Missiles for its Tiger Attack Helicopters The Pentagon Plans to Equip Saudi F-15Es with Sniper Targeting Pods Oct 2007 Egypt, Israel to Buy New TOW IIA Missiles Future missiles development at DSEi 2007 Sept 2007 Pentagon Adds $16 Million to Viper Strike August 2007 US Navy Awards UCAS-D Demonstration Contract to Northrop Grumman July 2007 Israel, Germany Cooperate in the Development of Loitering Weapons June 2007 Eurocopter to Integrate Hellfire II Missiles with French Tiger Helicopter May 2007 Excalibur Retains High Precision at Maximum Range New USAF UAV Wing Tasked With Global Recce & Strike APKWS - a Step Closer to Production April 2007 India Tests Agni III Long Range Missile British Royal Artillery to Deploy GMLRS to Afghanistan Precision Guidance Kit (PGK) Improves Artillery Fire Accuracy US Marines's Forward Observers Gear up For Excalibur Canada Orders 36 Sniper Targeting Pods for CF-18s Green Light for Typhoon's Strike Capabilities Focused Lethality Munition Program Progress March 2007 MRM-CE Hits a T-72 Through Non-Visual Engagement RAF Deploys Litening III Pods with Iraq based Tornado GR4 Viper Strike to be Launched from AC-130 Spectre Gunships Milan ER Tested with Advanced Technology Firing Post F-22A Begins SDB Weapon Integration Test Flights P-44 Missile Unveiled by Lockheed Martin Direct Attack Guided Rocket (DAGR) introduced at AUSA AN/SPY-1 Radar to Integrate with Aegis BMD by 2010 Viper Strike Guided Weapons Tested Against Moving Targets February 2007 Lockheed Martin Markets Kongsberg Naval Strike Missile January 2007 USAF, Navy Order Precision, Standoff Guided Weapons Israel to Replenish Air Force's Precision Attack Inventory Israel, Spain Sign $400 Million Missile Deal - Update South Africa Orders Milan 3 Missiles Javelin Block 1 in Test Firing Qualification French Army Orders New Eryx for €66.5 Million BAE Systems' Advanced Emitter location Capability MBDA gets SCALP/NAVAL Cruise Missile order USAF B-2 Stealth Bombers To Receive Link 16s
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