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The Arab Weekly
April 28, 2018
Lebanon's Iran-backed Hezbollah, armed with anti-ship cruise missiles, has threatened military action and the Israelis have armed their drilling platforms and naval forces with defence systems designed to intercept the Chinese-designed missiles. “Resource wars are, of course, nothing new,” observedÃâà...
Washington Examiner
April 27, 2018
While the U.S. Navy is already taking steps to counter China with an anti-ship cruise missile, the AGM-158C, the U.S. should reconsider its reliance on aircraft carriers as the core of the fleet. Instead, the Navy should build more submarines and drones, and the Air Force should push forwards with itsÃâà...
The Drive
April 27, 2018
Most notably, the service is once again exploring the possibility of a powered JSOW-Extended Range, or JSOW-ER, cruise missile variant. .... Cost might make the JSOW-ER a favorable alternative to other low-observable cruise missiles, such as JASSM or Storm Shadow, even on existing, non-stealthyÃâà...
Popular Mechanics
April 26, 2018
The Kh-35 (known to NATO forces as the SS-N-25 "Switchblade") is an air and ship-launched anti-ship cruise missile. The low-flying, subsonic anti-ship missile attempts to evade enemy radars by flying under them before plowing into its target with a 319 pound blast fragmentation warhead. The Kh-35Ãâà...
DefenseNews.com
April 25, 2018
Not only does India currently operate the Russian-made S-300 ― the S-400's Cold War predecessor ― but the two countries also partnered throughout the late 1990s and 2000s to develop the BrahMos anti-ship and land attack cruise missile. AddThis Sharing Buttons. Share to Facebook Share to TwitterÃâà...
Quwa
April 24, 2018
Since at least 2016, Pakistan has test-fired a number of new long-range anti-ship cruising missiles (ASCM), most notably the Zarb coastal/land-based ASCM, Harba dual-ASCM and land-attack cruise missile (ASCM) and the Babur 1B and Babur Version 2 dual ASCM/LACM. The Zarb and Harba ASCMsÃâà...
Military & Aerospace Electronics
April 24, 2018
The armed forces of China are building military bases on contested islands in international waters of the South China Sea, and have deployed anti-ship cruise missiles on at least one of these islands. It's clear from the military buildup in the region that China has the ability to dominate the South China Sea,Ãâà...
The National Interest Online (blog)
April 23, 2018
The technology enables ship-based radar to connect with an airborne sensor platform to detect approaching enemy anti-ship cruise missiles from beyond the horizon and, if needed, launch an SM-6 missile to intercept and destroy the incoming threat, Navy officials said. NIFC-CA has been successfullyÃâà...
Asia Times
April 23, 2018
“A more effective Joint Force requires sustained investment in the following critical areas: undersea warfare, critical munitions stockpiles, standoff weapons (Air-Air, Air-Surface, Surface-Surface, Anti-Ship), intermediate range cruise missiles, low cost / high capacity cruise missile defense, hypersonicÃâà...
The National Interest Online (blog)
April 22, 2018
On October 11, 1967, the Israeli destroyer Eilat was sunk by three P15 cruise missiles fired by two dinky sixty-one-ton patrol boats of the Syrian Navy firing ... S-shaped evasive maneuver before impact; and the Chinese YJ-18, derived from the Kalibr cruise missile, which accelerates to Mach 3 on its terminalÃâà...
SFGate
April 22, 2018
On top of that, Taiwan has a lot of anti-air and anti-ship defenses, and hundreds of cruise missiles that can strike mainland China. Taiwan military 4 Reuters. Taiwan's geography also provides another advantage. Crossing the Taiwan Strait would take up to 7-8 hours by sea, and during that time TaiwanÃâà...
The National Interest Online (blog)
April 22, 2018
"The Kilo-class Russian submarines, which carry an impressive arsenal of torpedoes, as well as cruise and anti-ship missiles, are considered by British ... a strike on Syria was coming, it seems quite plausible that their air and sea forces were out looking for cruise-missile subs in the Eastern Mediterranean.
Aerotech News (blog)
April 21, 2018
The U.S. Air Force has selected Lockheed Martin to design and prototype a new hypersonic cruise missile, as part of a broad Pentagon push to kickstart ... of an undisclosed number of Naval Strike Missile anti-ship missiles for the six Littoral Combat Ships currently being built for the Royal Malaysian Navy.
IHS Jane's 360
April 20, 2018
The ambitions of Northeast Asia's naval powers to variously ensure sea control, or effect sea denial, have spurred the indigenous development of a multiplicity of new anti-ship cruise missiles (ASCMs) in the region. China, Japan, North Korea, South Korea, and Taiwan are all investing to meet nationalÃâà...
Ahval
April 20, 2018
Greece plans to purchase of two or four Belharra frigates as well as Exocet anti-ship missiles. French-made FREMM frigates are equipped with MdCN cruise missiles, Aster 15 air defence missiles and Exocet MM40 block III anti-ship missiles. French FREMM frigates participated in strikes on Syrian chemicalÃâà...
Xinhua
April 20, 2018
"We need to have presence up there," Spencer said. Months after the Pentagon released a hawkish national defense strategy, the new Arctic policy is expected to follow the same trend. The U.S. Coast Guard has already proposed arming icebreakers with anti-ship cruise missiles, while the Marine CorpsÃâà...
USNI News
April 19, 2018
CAPITOL HILL — The Navy will release a new Arctic strategy this summer to reflect the potential for “blue-water Arctic” operations, service leadership said today. Navy Secretary Richard V. Spencer told the Senate Armed Services Committee that a Navy Arctic Strategy was set for release this summer, as aÃâà...
International Business Times, India Edition
April 19, 2018
These are long-range cruise missiles that can accurately reach targets up to 1,500 km away. The missile varies in length between six and nine meters and is capable of delivering either a conventional or a nuclear warhead. There is a version of the Kalibr that is used as an anti-ship missile that can beÃâà...
Popular Mechanics
April 19, 2018
Five hundred feet long and displacing 24,000 tons underwater, Oscar-IIs were originally commissioned by the Soviet Union to destroy U.S. Navy aircraft carriers with swarms of large, powerful cruise missiles. Each carries 24 P-700 Granit anti-ship missiles. Unlike the United States, Russia has bothÃâà...
Business Insider
April 17, 2018
In addition to its aircraft, the carrier is equipped with 12 P-700 Granit anti-ship cruise missiles housed in silos underneath its forward flight deck — making it the only carrier with this type of weaponry on board. It's also armed with the Klinok air defence missile system, which carries almost 200 anti-air missilesÃâà...
Military & Aerospace Electronics
April 17, 2018
Boeing's F/A-18 Super Hornet will be live-testing Lockheed Martin's Long Range Anti-Ship Missile later this year, Military.com reported Tuesday. ... He adds they have an increased survivability rate when compared to Tomahawk cruise missiles since their low-observable technologies make them moreÃâà...
Navy Recognition
April 17, 2018
At DSA 2018, the tri-service defence exhibition currently held in Kuala Lumpur - Malaysia, Chinese company NORINCO (China North Industries Corp.) is showcasing its TL-7B land based anti-ship cruise missile.
Popular Mechanics
April 17, 2018
The AGM-158 JASSM was originally a Navy-Air Force program to develop a low-observable cruise missile capable of penetrating heavily defended .... of flying more than 500 miles, increasing the margin of safety for a large bomber or small fighter with two large cruise missiles hanging off its wingtips.
We Are The Mighty (blog)
April 16, 2018
The Littoral Combat Ship program has had a rocky history, characterized by many ups and downs. USS Freedom (LCS 1), a variant designed by a team led by Lockheed, notched one of the highs during a 2010 deployment to Southern Command, during which it quickly racked up four drug busts.
The Straits Times
April 16, 2018
It has a full displacement of nearly 7,000 metric tons and a wide range of weapons, including a single-barrel 130-mm naval gun and a close-in weapon system, as well as 64 vertical launching cells containing HHQ-9 long-range anti-aircraft missiles and YJ-18 or YJ-83 anti-ship cruise missiles. The fightingÃâà...
USNI News
April 16, 2018
Lockheed Martin, the JASSM-ER manufacturer, is currently developing a Navy version – the Long Range Anti-Ship Missile (LRASM) – to be fired from ... The French frigate Languedoc (D-653) fired three MdCN missiles, which is the naval variant of the air-launched SCALP land-attack cruise missile, as partÃâà...
The Japan Times
April 15, 2018
The new Lockheed Martin Corp. air-launched cruise missile made its battlefield debut in the strikes when 19 of them were fired outside Syrian ... which renounces the right to wage war, while its missile forces are currently limited to anti-aircraft and anti-ship munitions with maximum ranges of just 300 km.
Business Standard
April 14, 2018
Pak successfully test fires enhanced version of Babur cruise missile ... Submarine Launched Cruise Missile BABUR India successfully test-fires Agni-5 ballistic missile Pak test-fires naval cruise missile 'Harba' India successfully test fires Agni-V missile Pakistan test-fires long range anti-ship cruise missiles.
Navy Recognition
April 14, 2018
According to well connected French blog Le Mamouth, three French Navy FREMM Frigates took part in the cruise missile strikes: First ship of the class ... Future backbone of the French Navy, the FREMMs are heavily armed warships, carrying naval cruise missiles, Exocet MM40 anti-ship missiles, AsterÃâà...
The Drive
April 10, 2018
It seems to be all but assumed that the U.S. will launch another Tomahawk cruise missile barrage from the Eastern Mediterranean at targets in Syria. .... Right now, the Russian Navy's Admiral Grigorovich-class frigate Admiral Essen, which can carry up to eight Kalibr land-attack cruise missiles, is in theÃâà...
The Drive
April 3, 2018
What we do know is that the Houthis do have access to anti-ship missiles, drone boats, and naval mines, among other increasingly advanced weaponry, and that they have been and still are a real threat military and commercial marine traffic in and around the Mandeb Strait. With continued and potentiallyÃâà...
The Diplomat
March 26, 2018
The H-6K bombers participating in the combat drills in the South China Sea and Western Pacific were armed with air-launched cruise missiles, based on PLAAF images released to the public. The H-6K “can carry up to seven YJ-12 supersonic anti-ship missiles (six on wing pylons plus one in the bomb bay)Ãâà...
IHS Jane's 360
March 19, 2018
The air-launched Lockheed Martin AGM-158C Long-Range Anti-Ship Missile (LRASM) is on course to provide the US Navy (USN) with an early ... (JASSM) and AGM-158B JASSM-Extended Range (ER) missiles currently fielded, the LRASM is a stealthy subsonic cruise missile that differs slightly from theseÃâà...
The Drive
March 19, 2018
Depending on how Qatar decides to field them, the NH90s could act as transports, medical evacuation aircraft, or even fill a limited anti-ship role carrying the Marte anti-ship missile. In this latter configuration, they could complement the corvettes, which will carry MM40 Exocet anti-ship missiles, as well asÃâà...
The National Interest Online (blog)
March 16, 2018
Over time, the improvement of radar-homing technology (as well as improvements in ballistic-missile technology) allowed the Soviets to reconceptualize the use of cruise missiles. The Echo II class, the immediate predecessor to the Charlies, were built with an anti-shipping role in mind. Antiship missilesÃâà...
Al-Arabiya
March 15, 2018
“It's where you find their radars, their ballistic missiles, their anti-ship cruise missiles. We found their mines, their explosive boats all being tested,” he said. Still, the US Navy told reporters traveling with Mattis that provocations by Iran had decreased in the Gulf. Iran's naval vessels halted their fairly routine,Ãâà...
The Diplomat
March 14, 2018
Accommodating a crew of over 300, the Type 055 class features a stealth shaped superstructure and deck fitted with two 64-cell vertical launch systems purportedly capable of firing medium- to long-range surface-to-air, anti-ship, and land-attack cruise missiles. The ship is also armed with a 130-millimeterÃâà...
Defenseworld.net
March 13, 2018
Pakistan Navy test fired land based anti-ship missile as part of a training exercise from the coastal region on March 10, according to the Associated Press ... In theory, the recently-tested Harba AShM and – if modified with terminal-stage seeker – Babur Version 2 land-attack cruise missile (LACM) could alsoÃâà...
Sputnik International
March 13, 2018
The Russian guided-missile frigate Admiral Essen is designed to take part in anti-ship and anti-submarine warfare on the high seas, and is equipped for ... March 13 saw the beginning of a Mediterranean mission by the Russian frigate Admiral Essen, which is equipped with Kalibr-NK cruise missiles,Ãâà...
Quwa
March 11, 2018
The Pakistan Navy (PN) announced (via the Associated Press of Pakistan) that it had test-fired a land-based anti-ship missile (AShM) as part of a training drill. ... In theory, the recently-tested Harba AShM and – if modified with terminal-stage seeker – Babur Version 2 land-attack cruise missile (LACM) couldÃâà...
Pakistan Observer
March 10, 2018
Karachi. The Pakistan Navy has successfully test-fired land based anti-ship missile as part of a training exercise from the coastal region. ... The test was conducted five days after the Navy and the Pakistan Air Force jointly conducted long range anti-ship cruise missile firings in North Arabian Sea on Monday.
The Jamestown Foundation
March 9, 2018
U.S. General Joe Dunford, chairman of Joint Chiefs of Staff, has voiced concerns the Houthis could use the anti-ship cruise missiles to threaten commercial shipping along two crucial waterways—the Strait of Hormuz and the Bab-el Mandab (al Arabiya, June 18, 2017). Houthi missiles fired at Saudi ArabiaÃâà...
Townsville Bulletin
March 7, 2018
He warned that China is developing a range of deadly weapons, including long-range cruise missiles already capable of reaching supersonic speeds. “China's People's Liberation Army (PLA) is developing and fielding numerous advanced, long-range land-attack and anti-ship cruise missiles, someÃâà...
The Nation
March 6, 2018
KARACHI - Pakistan Navy and Pakistan Air Force, in a demonstration of fire power and combat readiness, successfully test-fired long-range anti-ship cruise missiles in the Arabian Sea. Chief of Naval Staff Admiral Zafar Mahmood Abbasi, along with Chief of Air Staff Air Chief Marshal Sohail AmanÃâà...
The National Interest Online (blog)
March 6, 2018
“Major military powers will continue to emphasize development of more capable ballistic and cruise missiles. China's People's Liberation Army (PLA) is developing and fielding numerous advanced, long-range land-attack and anti-ship cruise missiles, some capable of reaching supersonic speeds, operatedÃâà...
41 NBC News
March 6, 2018
Several of China's new long-range land-attack and anti-ship cruise missiles can reach supersonic speeds and can be launched from air, land, surface ship, ... President Vladimir Putin showcased his ICBM and cruise missile capabilities last week, but Ashley warned that Russia now sees information andÃâà...
Arab News
March 6, 2018
March 05: The Nation states that in an impressive demonstration of fire power and combat readiness, Pakistan Navy and Pakistan Air Force conducted long range anti-ship cruise missile firings. Chief of the Naval Staff, Admiral Zafar Mahmood Abbasi along with Chief of the Air Staff, Air Chief Marshal SohailÃâà...
The News International (blog)
March 6, 2018
ISLAMABAD: In an impressive demonstration of fire power and combat readiness, Pakistan Navy and Pakistan Air Force conducted long range anti-ship cruise missile firings. Chief of the Naval Staff Admiral Zafar Mahmood Abbasi along with Chief of the Air Staff Air Chief Marshal Sohail Aman witnessedÃâà...
gulfnews.com
March 6, 2018
Islamabad, Karachi: Pakistan Navy and Air Force jointly conducted long-range anti-ship cruise missile firings in North Arabian Sea, demonstrating its fire power and combat readiness. Pakistan's Chief of Naval Staff Admiral Zafar Mahmood Abbasi and Chief of Air Staff Air Chief Marshal Sohail AmanÃâà...
IHS Jane's 360
March 6, 2018
The Pakistan Navy (PN) and the Pakistan Air Force (PAF) have successfully test-fired various Chinese-built radar-guided anti-ship cruise missiles to demonstrate the services' “firepower and combat readiness”, according to a 5 March statement by Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR): the media wing ofÃâà...
