Category: missile

Russian Military Says It Destroyed S-300 Missile Systems Provided by European State

The Russian military said Monday that it destroyed S-300 anti-air missile systems provided by a European state to Ukraine’s military. The Russian Defense Ministry said it struck a hangar “on the southern outskirts of the city of Dnepropetrovsk,” where “equipment from an S-300 battery supplied to the Ukrainian regime by one of the European nations,”…


Missiles Hit Lviv in Major Air Attack, Injuring 5 People: Ukrainian Officials

LVIV, Ukraine—Powerful explosions rocked Lviv, in western Ukraine, on Saturday, creating plumes of thick black smoke and causing at least five injuries, according to Ukrainian officials, with the air attack on the city coming as President Joe Biden was on a state visit to neighboring Poland. Maksym Kozytskyy, the governor of Lviv, confirmed “three powerful…


US Admiral Says China Fully Militarized Islands

OVER THE SOUTH CHINA SEA—China has fully militarized at least three of several islands it built in the disputed South China Sea, arming them with anti-ship and anti-aircraft missile systems, laser and jamming equipment, and fighter jets in an increasingly aggressive move that threatens all nations operating nearby, a top U.S. military commander said Sunday….


US Indo-Pacific Commander Says China Has Fully Militarized 3 Isles in South China Sea

Adm. John Aquilino, head of U.S. Indo-Pacific Command, said on March 20 that China has fully militarized at least three of the islands in the disputed South China Sea. “I think over the past 20 years, we’ve witnessed the largest military buildup since World War II by the PRC [People’s Republic of China],” Aquilino told…


China Has Fully Militarized 3 Isles in South China Sea: US Indo-Pacific Commander

Adm. John Aquilino, head of U.S. Indo-Pacific Command, said on March 20 that China has fully militarized at least three of the islands in the disputed South China Sea. “I think over the past 20 years, we’ve witnessed the largest military buildup since World War II by the PRC [People’s Republic of China],” Aquilino told…


Russia Uses Hypersonic Missiles In Ukraine For First Time

Russia said on Saturday that it has used hypersonic missiles to destroy Ukrainian military assets in what marks the first time Moscow has acknowledged using this type of weapon in combat. The Russian defense ministry said in a March 19 operational update that on Friday it destroyed a large underground storage facility for missiles and aviation…


Russia Uses Hypersonic Ballistic Missiles In Ukraine For First Time

Russia said on Saturday that it has used hypersonic missiles to destroy Ukrainian military assets in what marks the first time Moscow has acknowledged using this type of weapon in combat. The Russian defense ministry said in a March 19 operational update that on Friday it destroyed a large underground storage facility for missiles and aviation…


Iran Unveils 2 New Underground Missile Bases

Iran’s paramilitary Revolutionary Guard has unveiled what it described as two new underground missile and drone bases in the country, state TV reported Saturday. The report said the bases contained surface-to-surface missiles and armed drones capable of “hiding themselves from enemy radar.” Gen. Amir Ali Hajizadeh, head of the revolutionary guard aerospace division, said the…


Israel Fires Missiles at Hezbollah Drone Flown From Lebanon

JERUSALEM—The Israeli military on Friday said it fired interceptor missiles and protectively scrambled warplanes after what it described as a drone launched from Lebanon crossed its tense northern border. Hours later, investigations concluded the drone managed to return to Lebanon, the Israeli military said in a statement, stopping short of blaming Lebanon’s Hezbollah terrorist group…


North Korea Continues War Drills, Launches Most Powerful Missile in Years

North Korea ramped up its recent bevy of weapons tests on Sunday, firing what analysts say is the most powerful missile the isolated regime has tested in five years. Pyongyang’s seventh launch of January 2022 traveled 1,242 miles up and landed in the ocean about 500 miles away, said officials with the Japanese and South…