• Lee, who has sold more than USD$10 million of prohibited goods to Iran's ballistic missile programme , is the subject of a $5 million FBI reward for breaching export controls and other laws. (kcl.ac.uk)
  • Kirby highlighted a September meeting in which Iran hosted Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu to show off a range of ballistic missile systems, sparking U.S. concern. (wsoctv.com)
  • The U.S. and other countries have taken steps to thwart the potential supply, sale or transfer involving Iran and ballistic missile-related items, Kirby said. (wsoctv.com)
  • Given South Korea's push to develop more anti-ballistic missile systems, gaining data from U.S. and possibly Japanese systems would help it detect targets, said Tal Inbar, a missile and space expert with Israel's Fisher Institute for Air and Space Strategic Studies. (yahoo.com)
  • That's about mid-range for Iran's expansive ballistic missile arsenal, which the Guard has built up over the years as Western sanctions largely prevent it from accessing advanced weaponry. (koin.com)
  • That strike targeted Iranian advisers and a ballistic missile shipment, the report cited sources as saying. (timesofisrael.com)
  • LONDON (Reuters) - Iran on Tuesday dismissed pressure from France and other Western powers for talks over its ballistic missile program, but said it had no plans to increase the range of the weapons. (missiledefenseadvocacy.org)
  • Ukraine did not immediately claim responsibility for Saturday's attack, but it follows by one day a large-scale strike on Sevastopol in which Ukrainian missiles killed one serviceman and damaged the headquarters of Black Sea Naval Fleet. (yahoo.com)
  • Military sources told the BBC that Ukraine used Storm Shadow missiles donated by Britain in the attack. (yahoo.com)
  • The Moldovan Foreign Ministry claimed that Russian missiles violated the country's airspace en route to targets in Ukraine. (euroweeklynews.com)
  • The ministry claims that the passage of missiles was first recorded in the airspace of Ukraine, then they entered the airspace of Moldova in the areas of the cities of Rybnitsa in Transnistria, and Soroca in Moldova, as well as in the Floresti region. (euroweeklynews.com)
  • WASHINGTON - (AP) - The White House voiced concern Tuesday that Iran may provide Russia with ballistic missiles for use in its war against Ukraine , a development that likely would be disastrous for the Ukrainian people, a U.S. national security official said. (wsoctv.com)
  • We are therefore concerned that Iran is considering providing Russia with ballistic missiles now for use in Ukraine," Kirby told reporters during a conference call. (wsoctv.com)
  • Spain is ready to send Leopard battle tanks and anti-aircraft missiles to Ukraine, according to Spanish newspaper El Pais . (politico.eu)
  • Britain announced Monday that it would deliver long-range attack drones and air-defence missiles to Ukraine as President Volodymyr Zelensky continued his European tour with talks with UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak. (yahoo.com)
  • A view shows residential houses heavily damaged by a Russian missile strike, in the town of Selydove, Donetsk region, Ukraine, on Nov. 15. (theglobeandmail.com)
  • Russia has carried out regular missile and drone strikes on population centres behind the front line of its 21-month-old invasion of Ukraine. (theglobeandmail.com)
  • Ukraine regularly reports that Russian missile and drone strikes have killed and hurt civilians and damaged civilian infrastructure during the full-scale war launched by Russia in February, 2022 . (theglobeandmail.com)
  • The US has given HARMs to Ukraine and helped the Ukrainians modify their Russian-designed MiG-29 fighters to work with the US-made missile. (yahoo.com)
  • France is the only other country to have given Ukraine cruise missiles since Russia launched its full-scale invasion. (yahoo.com)
  • Russian President Vladimir Putin likely decided to supply the missile that shot down Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 over Ukraine, but there is no realistic prospect of prosecuting him or others, investigators say in announcing a halt to the probe. (timesofisrael.com)
  • Investigators say there are "strong indications" Putin personally approved the transfer of the missile to pro-Russian separatists during fighting in eastern Ukraine in 2014, citing intercepted phone calls. (timesofisrael.com)
  • Alibaba has already removed listings of five other companies subject to US or EU sanctions on Iran's missile and nuclear programmes after being notified by Project Alpha. (kcl.ac.uk)
  • The U.S. has also issued guidance to private companies about Iranian missile procurement practices to make sure they aren't inadvertently supporting Iran's development efforts. (wsoctv.com)
  • Negotiations over Iran's missile and defensive capabilities are not acceptable in any way," Major General Hassan Firouzabadi, a top adviser to Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, was quoted as saying by the IRNA news agency. (missiledefenseadvocacy.org)
  • Over two years later, in June 1970, when the Chinese navy was still a weak "yellow water navy," Chinese premiere Zhou Enlai ordered the development of a large guided-missile destroyer. (memri.org)
  • If the combat mission of the large guided-missile destroyer (055) is only in the near sea, it can focus on sea-to-sea and sea-to-air operations and give consideration to anti-submarine tasks. (memri.org)
  • Construction of Nanchang , China's first Type 055 guided-missile destroyer, began at Jiangnan Shipyard in December 2014, and was the ship launched on June 28, 2017. (memri.org)
  • the senator's wife and the ship's sponsor, smashed a bottle of Champagne on the bow of the new Arleigh Burke -class guided-missile destroyer on Saturday . (upi.com)
  • The Crimean port Sevastopol, home of Russia's Black Sea Fleet, was struck by missiles for a second consecutive day on Saturday. (yahoo.com)
  • Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad has revealed that Russia's promised S-300 missile batteries have already arrived in his country. (middleeastmonitor.com)
  • When Mr. Esper raised various objections, Mr. Trump said that "we could just shoot some Patriot missiles and take out the labs, quietly," adding that "no one would know it was us. (outsidethebeltway.com)
  • Ballistic missiles fly on a trajectory in which anti-missile systems like the Patriot can anticipate their path and intercept them. (koin.com)
  • Ukraine's air force in May said it shot down a Russian hypersonic Kinzhal missile with a Patriot battery. (koin.com)
  • Gulf Arab countries allied with the U.S. widely use the Patriot missile system in the region. (koin.com)
  • This makes them a weapon that the latest air defense systems, like the much-vaunted US Patriot missiles , were not designed to combat, military experts say. (yahoo.com)
  • In a brief statement, Kyiv claimed the strike killed 'dozens' of Russian occupiers, including 'the top management of the fleet,' while Ukrainian intelligence chief Kyrylo Budanov told the Voice of America that two top Russian commanders were seriously injured in the missile strike. (yahoo.com)
  • The Moldovan Ministry of Foreign Affairs and European Integration claimed today, Monday, October 10, that Russian cruise missiles violated the republic's airspace en route to their Ukrainian targets . (euroweeklynews.com)
  • A Russian missile attack struck and destroyed Altair arena in the town of Druzhkivka, according to the Ukrainian Ice Hockey Federation. (yahoo.com)
  • Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba reacted to the latest missile strike by doubling down on his call for Russian athletes to be banned from international sporting events. (yahoo.com)
  • A Russian missile smashed into an apartment block in the sleepy eastern Ukrainian town of Selydove on Wednesday, killing two people and wounding at least three others, Ukrainian officials said. (theglobeandmail.com)
  • Lieutenant General Mykola Oleshchuk, the head of the Ukrainian air force, explained that British Storm Shadow missiles had been attached under the left wing of a Ukrainian Su-24 jet and French Scalp missiles under the right wing. (yahoo.com)
  • A Ukrainian and a Western source had also told Sky News on Wednesday that British Storm Shadow missiles were used in the raid. (yahoo.com)
  • On the eighth anniversary of the Iraq War, America launched air strikes on Libya using Tomahawk missiles. (moveon.org)
  • A French news station caught the attack live on air, with a reporter ducking for cover after a missile strikes a building in the background. (yahoo.com)
  • Israel commonly conducts strikes in Syrian territory, targeting Iranian missile shipments meant for Lebanese terror group Hezbollah to use against the Jewish state, but strikes in Iraq by Israel have not been reported since the 1981 bombing of a nuclear reactor. (timesofisrael.com)
  • In return for that support, Russia has been offering Tehran unprecedented defense cooperation, including on missiles, electronics and air defense. (wsoctv.com)
  • There's no more politburo in Russia," King said. (pressherald.com)
  • On Thursday, after Obama announced that the US will not go ahead with the controversial missile shield, in Poland and the Czech Republic,administration critics charged that the move was an unnecessary concession to Russia. (cctv.com)
  • Although the proposed system would have deployed a mere 10 interceptor missiles, Russia nevertheless condemned it as a threat to its security. (cctv.com)
  • Russia is modifying its simple bombs, equipping them with guidance systems to create cheap and effective substitutes for expensive guided missiles. (yahoo.com)
  • The US wants to avoid that, and it's working on a new missile to take down enemy air defenses. (yahoo.com)
  • But the later AGM-88 High-Speed Anti-Radiation supersonic missile, known as HARM, was devastating in Wild Weasel missions against Iraqi air defenses during Operation Desert Storm. (yahoo.com)
  • Iran is claiming that it's created a hypersonic missile capable of traveling at 15 times the speed of sound. (koin.com)
  • DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) - Iran claimed on Tuesday that it had created a hypersonic missile capable of traveling at 15 times the speed of sound, adding a new weapon to its arsenal as tensions remain high with the United States over Tehran's nuclear program. (koin.com)
  • The new missile - called Fattah, or "Conqueror" in Farsi - was unveiled even as Iran said it would reopen its diplomatic posts on Tuesday in Saudi Arabia after reaching a détente with Riyadh following years of conflict. (koin.com)
  • In November, Hajizadeh initially claimed that Iran had created a hypersonic missile, without offering evidence to support it. (koin.com)
  • Israeli missiles targeted "military positions and intelligence facilities belonging to Iran and [pro-Iranian] militias" in the southern provinces of Daraa and Quneitra early on Wednesday, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said at the time. (timesofisrael.com)
  • France said last week it was ready to impose further sanctions on Iran if no progress was made in talks about the missiles, described by Tehran as defensive but seen in the West as a destabilizing factor in a volatile region. (missiledefenseadvocacy.org)
  • Iran on Monday denied that it was holding any talks with France about the missiles. (missiledefenseadvocacy.org)
  • US President Barack Obama has dismissed criticism that Russian opposition influenced his decision to scrap a proposed missile defense system in Eastern Europe that was conceived during the Bush era. (cctv.com)
  • Saudi Arabia's missile defense system intercepting several missiles fired from rebel Houthis. (businessinsider.com)
  • Jeffrey Lewis, the director of the East Asia Nonproliferation Program at the Middlebury Institute of International Studies, said on Twitter that in video footage released of the missiles, it appeared one defense system "failed catastrophically" while another "pulled a u-turn" and exploded over Riyadh. (businessinsider.com)
  • Lewis said it was " entirely possible " that the defense-system failure rather than the missiles themselves led to any casualties or injuries. (businessinsider.com)
  • Emergency sirens in Japanese prefecture of Niigata triggered by North Korea's missiles' launchA day after launching an unprecedented missile barrage, North Korea started Thursday by firing three more, including a long-range missile that prompted emergency shelter orders in three Japanese prefectures. (yahoo.com)
  • South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff said in a statement that the North Korean missiles both travelled about 360 kilometers (225 miles) before landing in the waters of the Korean Peninsula's east coast. (wjbf.com)
  • According to Moldova's Ministry of Defense, the missile launches started at 8:33am and continued until 9:02am. (euroweeklynews.com)
  • SEOUL (Reuters) - The U.S. and South Korean militaries want to more closely integrate their systems for tracking North Korean missile launches, an effort that may soon see more cooperation with Japan as well, U.S. Space Force officials said on Wednesday. (yahoo.com)
  • Missile tracking data, including information from the U.S. Space-based Infrared System (SBIRS), which can detect missile launches, is already being automatically shared with U.S. allies through early warning systems, said Master Sergeant Shawn Stafford. (yahoo.com)
  • The bombs are rarely in the air for a little more than a minute, and unlike cruise missiles or attack drones, they are hard to track, appearing as little dots on radar screens that soon disappear. (yahoo.com)
  • S-300 batteries are a sophisticated missile defence system capable of intercepting fighter jets and cruise missiles. (middleeastmonitor.com)
  • But observers say North Korea likely aimed to demonstrate again it has missiles capable of striking key targets in South Korea in protest at its rivals' military exercises. (wjbf.com)
  • NSM is a long-range missile capable of destroying sea and land targets, with the Navy using it as an Over-The-Horizon capability on both the LCS and future Constellation -class frigates. (defensedaily.com)
  • Hi-tech air defense missiles are designed to strike more lightweight targets and are ill-equipped to counter the bombs' old, heavy iron construction. (yahoo.com)
  • Two people were reportedly injured in a Russian missile attack that struck Altair arena in the town of Druzhkivka. (yahoo.com)
  • Ukraine's premier hockey facility, now used as a warehouse for humanitarian aid, was struck by Russian missiles on Tuesday. (yahoo.com)
  • Rescuers at the site raced to clear rubble to find anyone trapped after four S-300 missiles struck the town shortly after midnight, damaging six apartment buildings and 20 homes, according to the police. (theglobeandmail.com)
  • That's why sanctions are of limited utility with dictators," King said. (pressherald.com)
  • It said the base had shortly before the strike received Iranian ballistic missiles, which had been hidden inside trucks. (timesofisrael.com)
  • This and other meetings allegedly involved some of Saudi Arabia's top princes and billionaires, including then-Prince Salman - brother to the late King Abdullah and now the King of Saudi Arabia. (rt.com)
  • Saudi Arabia has said it downed that missile, while the Houthis say it reached its target. (businessinsider.com)
  • Following its procurement of the Indian-made Pinaka rocket launcher, Armenia is considering the mid-range surface-to-air missile Akash now. (outlookindia.com)
  • Also, in September, the two nations entered into a government-to-government contract involving Pinaka multi-barrel rocket launchers, Konkurs anti-tank guides missile and a variety of ammunition. (outlookindia.com)
  • A ground test involves a rocket motor being put on a stand and fired to check its abilities while launching a missile with that rocket motor is much more complex. (koin.com)
  • That such a weapon was actually under development in the German Heereswaffenamt as a safe and sane project illustrates perhaps better than anything else the importance and potentialities of a coming new class of weapon-the guided missile, as the giant German rocket should be technically termed. (kingstroopmodels.com)
  • On Friday, Pakistan tested a short-range Hatf-III Ghaznavi missile that rival India dismissed as nothing new. (hexus.net)
  • Wednesday's test was Pakistan's third this year, and India has also carried out several missile tests in 2003. (hexus.net)
  • Right now, Vladimir Putin is the most dangerous person in the history of the world," Sen. Angus King, choosing his words carefully, told me over the phone from Washington, D.C., Thursday evening. (pressherald.com)
  • Both Senators from Maine, Susan Collins and Angus King, as well as Hawaii Sen. Mazie Hirono of Hawaii spoke, wearing leis. (upi.com)
  • Essentially, the SiAW seems to be the latest iteration of antiradar missiles that have been around since the 1960s and that work by homing in on beams from radar transmitters. (yahoo.com)
  • Essentially, a guided missile is just what the name implies. (kingstroopmodels.com)
  • The Air Force wants a munition that can destroy enemy missile launchers - including those of antiaircraft, cruise, and antiship missiles - as well as GPS jamming stations and antisatellite installations. (yahoo.com)
  • The 509.5-long ships carry a crew of 329, are 9,000 tons and can travel in excess of 30 knots per hour while fighting enemy ships, submarines, missiles and aircraft. (upi.com)
  • 1 ). The enemy is barricaded in his impregnable island city, inaccessible by "hilly fortifications and mounted missiles and weaponry" and unapproachable with "moats of water and fire and belts of stormy winds" ( 1 ). (cdc.gov)
  • In 190 BC, at the Battle of Eurymedon, Hannibal won a naval victory over King Eumenes II of Pergamon by firing earthen vessels full of venomous snakes onto the enemy ships. (medscape.com)
  • One of the key types of warships in this naval expansion plan is the Type 055 destroyer, which is an amphibious assault ship with a displacement of 13,000 tons and stealth missile capabilities. (memri.org)
  • In October and December 2005, the first two Type 052C destroyers, Lanzhou and Haikou , which were equipped with large active phased array radars and vertical launch systems for shipborne air defense missiles, were delivered to the PLA Navy for service, completing China's ability to use ship formations for air defense purposes. (memri.org)
  • Hypersonic weapons, which fly at speeds in excess of Mach 5, or five times the speed of sound, could pose crucial challenges to missile defense systems because of their speed and maneuverability. (koin.com)
  • The test is part of the ongoing series of tests of Pakistan's indigenous missile systems,' it said. (hexus.net)
  • The magazine also noted that 'despite the weapon's longer range, the term 'stand-in' indicates that it operates within an enemy's defended airspace,' which suggests a shorter range than stand-off missiles such as the Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Missile-Extended Range cruise missile, with a reach of about 600 miles. (yahoo.com)
  • President Donald J. Trump in 2020 asked Mark T. Esper, his defense secretary, about the possibility of launching missiles into Mexico to "destroy the drug labs" and wipe out the cartels, maintaining that the United States' involvement in a strike against its southern neighbor could be kept secret, Mr. Esper recounts in his upcoming memoir. (outsidethebeltway.com)
  • However, speed and maneuverability isn't a guarantee the missile will successfully strike a target. (koin.com)
  • King said he is not concerned with what particular missile capability is added to LPDs, but sees the Naval Strike Missile (NSM) tested on Littoral Combat Ships (LCSs) as a strong option. (defensedaily.com)
  • I have watched with interest, the testing [of Naval Strike Missile] with the Gabby Giffords [LCS-10]. (defensedaily.com)
  • The air chief signalled his Su-24M bomber aircraft also had the capacity to carry German Taurus missiles - a weapon that Berlin has signalled it may give to Kyiv. (yahoo.com)
  • Since water offers great resistance to the passage of a guided missile, the usefulness of the first major guided missile, the naval torpedo has. (kingstroopmodels.com)
  • King, who has spent more hours than he can count in recent months being briefed as a member of the Senate's armed services and intelligence committees, agreed that when it comes to someone pushing the nuclear button, this is "the most dangerous moment we've had since the Cuban missile crisis. (pressherald.com)
  • Pakistan has carried out its second test in a week of a missile capable of carrying nuclear weapons. (hexus.net)
  • Mr. Trump asked Mr. Esper at least twice if the military could "shoot missiles into Mexico to destroy the drug labs. (outsidethebeltway.com)
  • Details on SiAW are sparse, though Northrop Grumman describes it as a 'tail controlled missile for increased maneuverability and survivability. (yahoo.com)
  • In February 1968, according to the report "Suggestions on Building Ocean-Going Escort Ships" submitted by the PLA Navy to the CCP's Central Military Commission, the Seventh Research Institute of China Shipbuilding Industry Corporation assigned relevant units the task of designing a large missile-capable destroyer designated Type 055. (memri.org)
  • We believe that the issue of missile defense must remain an important priority for America and the world. (missiledefenseadvocacy.org)
  • It said the missiles traveled a distance of 400 kilometers (250 miles) at the maximum altitude of 50 kilometers (30 miles) before falling outside Japan's exclusive economic zone. (wjbf.com)
  • Hajizadeh claimed the missile had a range of up to 1,400 kilometers (870 miles). (koin.com)
  • There exists no system that can rival or counter this missile," Hajizadeh claimed. (koin.com)
  • This agent may be carried within the missile homing devices activated by the target itself, automatic pilots set prior to launching, or a human pilot-as in the Jap Baka bomb, or they may be external, exerting control by wire from a parent plane or by a radar-radio system. (kingstroopmodels.com)
  • King said he thinks in 2021 the Navy and Marine Corps in will test fire a missile system off an amphibious ship "and let the fleet kind of play around with it to develop the doctrine and how we would use it, and to confirm or deny whether or not it's worth the expense. (defensedaily.com)
  • King Salman bin Abdulaziz is 81 and reportedly not in the best of health. (countercurrents.org)
  • King continued that he does envision the NSM on an LPD-17 becoming an "adjunct battery for the fleet commander. (defensedaily.com)
  • Curtis and Scarpantoni left the band after the release of Failure, and King Missile III continued as a trio, releasing two more albums: The Psychopathology of Everyday Life (Instinct Records, January 21, 2003) and Royal Lunch (Important Records, September 21, 2004). (kingmissile.com)
  • Then, Bradford and Sasha and I made three more records as King Missile III: "Failure" (Shimmy Disc/Knitting Factory) (I feel as though this is my most underrated record. (kingmissile.com)
  • King said overall they are trying to get the Commandant of the Marine Corps' guidance and promise to the Chief of Naval Operations "that he was going to uncoil some of the lethality of the MAGTG [Marine Air-Ground Task Force]. (defensedaily.com)
  • In January 1999, while on the death bed, King Hussein of Jordan appointed his elder son Prince Abdullah as Crown Prince replacing his brother Crown Prince Hassan who enjoyed that position for about 33 years. (countercurrents.org)
  • The New Crown Prince Abdullah was from King Hussein's second wife, Toni Avril Gardiner, an Englishwoman. (countercurrents.org)
  • Saudi Arabia's king Wednesday (June 21) appointed his son Prince Mohammed bin Salman as crown prince, replacing his nephew, Mohammed bin Nayef, as first in line to the throne. (countercurrents.org)
  • The decision by King Salman to promote his son and consolidate his power was endorsed by 31 out of 34 members of the Allegiance Council, the decree said. (countercurrents.org)
  • King seamlessly transitioned from modeling into acting with a wide range of roles in film and television. (moveon.org)
  • SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - North Korea launched two short-range ballistic missiles toward the sea on Wednesday night, its neighbors said, hours after the U.S. flew long-range bombers for drills with its allies in a show of force against the North. (wjbf.com)
  • An S-400 antiaircraft missile has a range of up to roughly 250 miles. (yahoo.com)
  • But the new missile is likely to have a longer range and higher speed than the various HARM models, which have a speed of about Mach 2. (yahoo.com)
  • But when the UK prime minister informed the king of his conversation with the French President, in which the president had recommended postponing, the king of course fully understood and was content to accept the PM's advice to postpone. (zawya.com)
  • Another lineup change occurred before the recording of King Missile's major-label debut, as Dansiger left the band and was replaced on drums by Hypnolovewheel member David Ramirez. (wikipedia.org)
  • King made her debut in Daniel Waters' Happy Campers, which premiered at The Sundance Film Festival. (moveon.org)
  • Together they "have sat down with Raytheon several times" and King reported the company plans to increase production rates. (defensedaily.com)
  • The King Stallion was developed initially for the US Marine Corps and is the most powerful helicopter in the US Department of Defense's inventory. (flightglobal.com)
  • Released 25 years ago today, KING MISSILE would prove to be the quartet's final album for Atlantic Records, and remains a tuneful and all-too-rare example of alternative rock that doesn't take itself too seriously. (rhino.com)
  • To date, the first batch consisting of eight Type 055 large guided-missile destroyers have been manufactured and have entered service, and it is remarkable to note that all eight 13,000-ton destroyers entered service in just three years. (memri.org)
  • Bill Nemitz: It's been 60 years since the Cuban missile crisis. (pressherald.com)
  • Experts say Sunday's barrage could be the largest number of ballistic missiles fired at once by the rebel group since the war escalated four years ago. (businessinsider.com)
  • With your help, we recruit, organize and mobilize missile defense proponents to deliver positive public support for the testing, development, deployment and expansion of missile defense. (missiledefenseadvocacy.org)
  • The US military uses the AGM-88E Advanced Anti-Radiation Guided Missile , or AARGM, which is an upgraded HARM. (yahoo.com)
  • The US Department of State has approved a possible Foreign Military Sales deal to supply Israel with 18 examples of the Sikorsky CH-53K King Stallion heavy-lift helicopter. (flightglobal.com)
  • To me it's sort of a brilliant flash of the obvious," King said during press call with reporters on Jan. 8, ahead of the virtual Surface Navy Association symposium. (defensedaily.com)
  • King Hussein died on February 7, 1999 only 12 days after replacing the Crown Prince. (countercurrents.org)
  • Around this time, King Missile was featured in the 1990 documentary CutTime, which chronicled the East Village music scene of the time. (wikipedia.org)
  • U.S. President Joe Biden agreed with South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida at an Aug. 18 summit that by the end of this year the three countries would share North Korea missile warning data in real time. (yahoo.com)
  • Fortu-nately, the missile never had time to get beyond the test stage. (kingstroopmodels.com)