Category -- Air -- The Defense Post

Jul- 2021 -

20 July

A battery of the Syrian Army's Russian made the BM-21 multiple rocket launcher is visible in Hama province, in the northwest of Syria on May 4, 2016.

Israeli Missiles in Northern Syria Kill 5 Regime Fighters: Monitor

Israeli strikes in northern Syria have killed five pro-Iran fighters allied to the Damascus regime, a Britain-based war monitor said Tuesday.

20 July

Inder Singh Bisht

USAF Demonstrates Reaper Automatic Takeoff and Landing

The US Air Force recently conducted an automatic takeoff and landing of an MQ-9 Reaper drone.

20 July

Russian President Vladimir Putin with Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu

Staff Writer With AFP

Russia’s S-500 Missile System Hits Test Target

Russia has successfully test-fired its new S-500 air defense missile systems at a southern training range and hit a high-speed ballistic target.

16 July

A military Black Hawk helicopter made an emergency landing in busy boulevard in the Charles de Gaulle Square in northern Bucharest on Thursday July 15, 2021 morning, stopping traffic and knocking down two light poles but no injuries were reported

Joe Saballa

US Black Hawk Helicopter Makes Emergency Landing in Romania

A US Black Hawk helicopter training in Romania was forced to initiate an emergency landing in Bucharest.

16 July

Inder Singh Bisht

USAF Conducts Maiden Hypersonic Weapon Warhead Test

The US Air Force has detonated an AGM-183A Air-Launched Rapid Response Weapon warhead in a first-time test.

15 July

Staff Writer

US Army Awards BAE $62 Million Missile Warning System Contract

The US Army has awarded BAE Systems a $62 million contract for its next-generation 2-Color Advanced Warning System for aircraft protection.

14 July

Inder Singh Bisht

Italy and UK to Refurbish 1,000 Aster Missiles

The Organisation for Joint Armament Cooperation has signed a contract with the Franco-Italian Eurosam consortium to refurbish 1,000 Aster missiles owned by the UK Royal Navy and Italian Army and Navy.

14 July

Staff Writer

US Army Video Shows Classified Suicide Drone

The US Army released a video giving out a few glimpses of a classified suicide drone, showing the munition being launched, hovering, locating its target, and then swooping down like a missile and striking a target.

13 July

Inder Singh Bisht

US Trials Nano Satellites for Missile Defense

The US Missile Defense Agency launched two nanosatellites last month as part of a demonstration to see their viability within the missile defense communications architecture.

12 July