Intermediate Range Ballistic News Today

Los Angeles CA (SPX) Dec 12, 2023 - In a significant advancement for U.S. missile defense capabilities, an Exoatmospheric Kill Vehicle (EKV) developed by Raytheon, a business unit of Raytheon Technologies Corporation (NYSE: RTX), has

On the 4th of December 2022, a naval vessel of the Peoples Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) known to analysts as Yuan Wang-5 re-entered the Indian

SHARE Iran’s scientists have “solved one half of the ballistic missile puzzle” by developing a workable third-stage rocket booster, leading defence analysts said. The stakes for a nuclear stand-off were raised after Tehran launched a satellite rocket that could easily be converted into a nuclear missile with a range of about 5,000 kilometres, bringing cities such as London within reach. Missile experts believe it is now clear Iran is opting for “range over accuracy” in seeking to deve...

An August 1988 letter from U.S. President Ronald Reagan to Prime Minister Noboru Takeshita mentions concerns raised with Deng Xiaoping about Chinas missile exports. (Takayuki Kakuno) Declassified diplomatic documents from the late 1980s released Dec. 23 by the Foreign Ministry offer a rare glimpse into concerns raised by U.S. President Ronald Reagan about China’s missile exports to the Middle East.  The archive mainly deals with the period around the end of the Cold War. Correspondence betwe...