Cheap Chinese And Russian Missiles Are A 'Threat' To UK Defence
Expensive military assets such as Britain's new aircraft carriers are vulnerable to cheaply-produced missiles, a military think tank has ...
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Weapons and Kit Tomahawk Missiles: What You Need To Know
More than 6.25 metres long and weighing 1,590kg, Tomahawks can be fired from a ship or submarine and have a range of 800-1,500 miles.
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WWI The Great Emu War: How Australia was beaten by a bird
Being able to stand eye to eye with the opposition but not outrun them proved to be the main problem.
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Tri-Service New Spear 3 Missiles To Have Ten Times Range Of Brimstones
A four hundred million pound contract to develop a new missile for Britain's new squadron of F35B Lightning Two fighter jets has been ...
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Tri-Service British F-35s To Be Armed With New Spear 3 Missiles
British aircraft have been hitting Daesh targets in the Middle East with Brimstone air-to-surface missiles since November last year.
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Tri-Service Hellfire And Brimstone: Apaches To Test New Missiles
Testing will take place later this year to determine whether Britain's Apache helicopters could carry Brimstone missiles. Missile developer ...
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Tri-Service Brimstone: The RAF's Precision Ground Attack Missile
The Brimstone Missile is being held up as a reason for Britain to get involved in Syria. The high-tech weapons are only carried by British ...
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Tri-Service Enhancing The Eurofighter Typhoon With Storm Shadow Missiles
BAE Systems’ Chief Test Pilot Steve Formoso describes how ongoing work on the integration of the weapons as part of Phase 2 Enhancements and ...
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Tri-Service Ballistic Missile Defence Systems Tested Off Scottish Coast
The Outer Hebrides, off the coast of Scotland, have been playing host to a range of ballistic missile intercepts. The Maritime Theater ...
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Heritage The Plane That Ended World War Two
This month Japan has been remembering the victims of the world's first nuclear attack, in Hiroshima, as well as the dropping of a second ...
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Army A Look at NATO's 'Invisible Shield' for Countering Missiles
We take a look at 'Invisible Shield,' the ballistic missile defence system that's being developed by NATO.