Neptune Cruise Missile

Neptune is the name of a Ukrainian anti-ship cruise missile that was developed by the Luch Design Bureau. The design of this missile is based on the Soviet Kh-35 anti-ship missile. Compared to the Kh-35 it has improved electronics and ..

Tags: Cruise missile • Russia-Ukraine war

Month: Current Affairs - April, 2022

Category: Defence Current Affairs • International / World Current Affairs

DRDO test fires Naval Version of BRAHMOS missile successfully

On October 18, 2020, the Defence Research Development Organization test fired the naval version BRAHMOS missile from INS Chennai successfully. The missile was test fired from an indigenously built stealth destroyer INS Chennai. The missile hit a target in Arabian ..

Tags: Ballistic missile • Brahmos • Cruise missile • Prithvi

Month: Current Affairs - October, 2020

Indian Navy test-fires Brahmos supersonic cruise missile

Indian Navy test-fired the BrahMos supersonic cruise missile, from the Navy’s stealth destroyer INS Kochi. The supersonic missile successfully hit a decommissioned target ship in Arabian Sea. Moreover, the second ship of Project 15-A ‘Kolkata-class’ guided missile destroyer test-fired advanced ..

Tags: Brahmos • Cruise missile • Indian Navy • INS Kochi • INS Kolkata

Month: Current Affairs - November, 2019

United States withdrawn from Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty

The United States has officially withdrawn from Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty with Russia. The INF Treaty is a Cold War-era missile treaty that was signed by then US President Ronald Reagan and Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev in 1987. The ..

Tags: Cold War • Cruise missile • Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty • International Relations • Mikhail Gorbachev

DRDO tests Inertial Guided Bomb (IGB) from Sukhoi combat jet

On May 24, the Defence Research and Defence Organisation (DRDO) successfully flight tested a 500 kg class Inertial Guided Bomb (IGB) from Su-30 MKI Aircraft from the Pokhran test range in Rajasthan. The guided bomb achieved the desired range and ..

Tags: Brahmos • Cruise missile • Cruise missiles • Defence Research and Development Organisation • Guided missiles

Sub-sonic Cruise Missile Nirbhay Successfully Tested

Nirbhay the first indigenously designed and developed long-range sub-sonic cruise missile from a test-fired on 15th of April. This missile is capable of loitering and cruising at 0.7 Mach at altitude as low as 100 meter covered the designated target ..

Tags: Aeronautical Development Establishment • Cruise missile • Defence Research and Development Organisation • Guided missiles • Guided missiles of India