missiles
General Motors is adding missile parts to its manufacturing résumé.On Thursday, major defense contractor Lockheed Martin announced that GM Defense — the automaker’s military subsidiary — had delivered housing components for the PAC-3 Missile Segment Enhancement interceptor, a missile used by the Patriot air-defense system. The companies entered into a…
The US military has awarded a massive contract to dramatically ramp up the production of Tomahawk cruise missiles, the Pentagon said on Monday, after burning through hundreds of these long-range munitions during the Iran conflict.The $22.9 billion contract awarded to US defense contractor RTX’s Raytheon follows an earlier framework agreement…
TSOYING, TAIWAN — One of Taiwan’s new missile-capable coast guard vessels led a major littoral drill on Saturday, as the island entered the fourth day of its annual military exercises.The Bali, an Anping-class ship, headlined the joint drill on Taiwan’s southwest coast that simulated an amphibious landing attack by Chinese…
A Japanese destroyer has launched a Tomahawk cruise missile for the first time, marking a major milestone in Tokyo’s push to build out its long-range strike capability.Tomahawk missiles give Japan a new ability to strike targets beyond the reach of some other weapons in its arsenal, equipping it with a…
