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The United States announces a new military aid package for Ukraine worth $175 million. This is stated in a press release published on the website of the US Department of Defense. The package will include AIM-9M and AIM-7 missiles for Ukraine’s air defense. In October, it was reported that Ukraine had armed itself with a […]
But here we are talking about intermediate-range ballistic missiles designed to deliver nuclear weapons In mid-October 2023, Pakistan conducted the second successful test launch of the Ababeel intermediate-range ballistic missile (IRBM), which is characterized by the ability to carry multiple nuclear warheads at once. The declared test parameters indicate that the Pakistani Ababeel has a […]
The Western newspaper Financial Times writes that Ukrainian specialists have converted the AIM-9M Sidewinder air-to-air guided missiles for F-16 fighter jets provided by the United States into surface-to-air missiles. These missiles were disabled and redesigned to be launched from the ground for the needs of Ukrainian air defense. “We redesigned them. We found a way […]
The Defense Committee of the National Assembly of Bulgaria supported the decision to provide Ukraine with unusable missiles for the S-300 systems. This was reported by the Bulgarian News Agency. “Bulgaria does not have the necessary capacity to repair these munitions on its own. Their use by our army would pose a serious risk to […]
Ukraine’s defense industry is currently working on developing its own cruise missile, similar to Russia’s Kalibr and X-101. This was reported to The Economist by unnamed sources among the Ukrainian military. In a large article, the journalists analyze the attacks of Ukrainian missiles and drones on Russian military targets in the occupied Crimea. Recently, they […]
The Ukrainian defense industry continues to work on modernizing the Neptune missile. Initially, it was anti-ship. Later, a cruise missile was developed on the basis of the basic version to destroy ground targets. The Ukrainian Armed Forces successfully tested it in Crimea. Details The War Zone journalists asked Kyrylo Budanov what modern weapons the Ukrainian […]
On August 11, 2023, Russia launched one of many missile strikes against Ukraine. However, not all launches were successful. A MiG-31K fighter jet loses an X-47M2 pseudo-hypersonic missile. On that day, the X-47M2 missiles were sent to an airfield in Ivano-Frankivsk region. The Russian military reported a successful launch to their superiors, but one aeroballistic […]
Ukraine’s Neptune rocket is once again in the spotlight. The War Zone writes about an interesting feature of the modernized version of the munition. “Neptune is a Ukrainian anti-ship cruise missile system. The specialists managed to modify the missile to strike ground targets. The warhead weighed 350 kg and had a launch range of 280 […]
Ukrainian engineers modified the R-360 Neptune anti-ship missile. The new version of the missile is suitable for striking ground targets. It hit the S-400 system on the Crimean peninsula. A representative of the Ukrainian Defense Ministry told War Gonzo. According to him, the range of the modified P-360 is currently 400 km. Specialists are working […]
The Russian Ministry of Defense officially announces the interception of a Ukrainian anti-ship cruise missile Neptune. As is often the case, the agency did not provide any evidence. What is known The agency’s statement said it had successfully intercepted two GMLRS precision-guided missiles launched from HIMARS, two AGM-88 HARM anti-radar missiles and one Neptune anti-ship […]