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Philippine Navy Procures BrahMos anti-ship missile system
The Philippine Department of National Defense issued a NOA indicating the government’s approval to purchase the BrahMos missile system.
14 January 2022
The Philippine Department of National Defense issued a NOA indicating the government’s approval to purchase the BrahMos missile system.
The “tyranny of distance” problem in the United States Indo-Pacific Command (INDO-PACOM) region, dotted with numerous small islands, forms the basis of the U.S. Marine Corps’ (USMC) strategy of Expeditionary Advanced Base Operations (EABO)…
The U.S. Navy ships mentioned by the three authors in the “Unclassified, Approved for Public Release” report cover the San Antonio-class Landing Platform Dock (LPD)
Raytheon was awarded a $578 million contract to produce 54 SM-2 Block IIIAZ all up round upgrades for the United States and 215 Standard Missile-2 all up rounds for seven partner nations.
The OpFires Project will use throttleable rocket motors on hypersonic missiles to achieve varying ranges in flight; therefore, OpFires can hit targets within the range
KONGSBERG signs contracts with the Norwegian Navy valued at MNOK 1,426 for delivery of Naval Strike Missiles (NSM) and life extension of the existing inventory of NSM.
Estonia Awards Contract to Proteus for Blue Spear Anti-Ship Missiles
South Korea’s new supersonic anti-ship missile “developed sometime last year” is capable of responding to enemy naval forces approaching South Korean waters, according to the Blue House.
Australia will acquire greater long-range strike capability across the air, land and maritime domains, including Tomahawk cruise missiles for Royal Australian Navy’s Hobart class destroyers, to “enhance Australia’s ability to deter and respond to potential security challenges”.
The Royal Malaysian Navy (Tentera Laut Diraja Malaysia; TLDM or RMN) recently conducted a complex live firing exercise. It consisted in the coordinated launch of surface-launched Exocet MM40 and sub-surface Exocet SM39 missiles.
