Intercontinental ballistic missile
Hwasong-18 Intercontinental Ballistic Missile
North Korea recently conducted a missile test, unveiling its latest weapon, the Hwasong-18. This intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) holds significance as it is the first North Korean missile to utilize solid propellants. Understanding ICBMs ICBMs are long-range ballistic missiles with ..
Month: Current Affairs - July, 2023
Category: International / World Current Affairs
US Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile test
Recently US Air Force Global Strike Command successfully test-fired Minuteman III (Minuteman III ICBM) missile equipped with three test re-entry vehicles. The missile was launched from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. Key Facts The Minuteman III missile is part ..
Month: Current affairs - September, 2022
Category: Defence Current Affairs • International / World Current Affairs
Sarmat: Russia’s Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (ICBM)
Amidst harsh sanctions imposed by the West due to the Ukraine invasion, Russia has tested its new Inter Continental Ballistic Missile (ICBM) Sarmat on 20th April 2022. Overview: This was ICBM Sarmat’s first test launch after the launch was in ..
Month: Current Affairs - April, 2022
Category: Defence Current Affairs • International / World Current Affairs
Monster Missile Hwasong-17
North Korea has test-fired an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) named Hwasong-17. This missile is the biggest ICBM ever developed. Overview: This missile can potentially deliver a nuclear warhead to any United States location. This missile is being named a ‘monster ..
Month: Current Affairs - March, 2022
Category: Defence Current Affairs • International / World Current Affairs
Russia tests a new hypersonic nuclear weapon delivery system ‘Avangard’
Russia has successfully tested a new hypersonic nuclear weapon delivery system , named “Avangard”, from the Dombarovskiy missile base in the southern Ural Mountains. It successfully hit a practice target on the Kura shooting range on Kamchatka, 6,000 kilometers (3,700 ..
Hwasong-15
The Hwasong-15 is an intercontinental ballistic missile developed by North Korea. It is the first ballistic missile developed by North Korea that is theoretically capable of reaching all of the United States mainland (including Washington D.C.). It was designed to carry a ..
Russia test fires Topol RS -12M
Russian Strategic Rocket Forces, RVSN, test-fired a Topol RS-12M. The missile launched from Kapustin Yar launch site in the southern Russian region of Astrakhan, hit the target successfully in Sary Shagan range in Kazakhstan. Some facts about Topol RS –12M: ..
Month: Current Affairs - June, 2012
Pak successfully test-fires Hatf IV, Shaheen 1A missile
Pakistan successfully test-fired long-range Hatf IV, Shaheen 1A ballistic missile in the Indian Ocean. The missile’s range and technical parameters have been improved while it is capable of carrying nuclear warhead. Pakistan has tested the long-range missile just a week ..