Missiles

Cyprus has signed a contract with France for the purchase of military equipment worth 240 million euros, the country's Defence Ministry announced on Friday, confirming recent reports in French media.

The ministry noted that due to the sensitive nature of the matter, which falls under national security, it does not intend to disclose any further information for the time being.

Iran acknowledged on Jan. 21 that its armed forces fired two Russian anti-aircraft missiles at a Ukrainian jetliner that crashed after taking off from Tehran's main airport earlier this month, killing all 176 people on board.

France obstructs progress in the joint anti-air missiles of Eurosam following Turkey's "Operation Peace Spring," Turkish Defense Industries Directorate chair İsmail Demir said on Jan. 6.

France obstructs progress in the joint anti-air missiles of Eurosam following Turkey's "Operation Peace Spring," Turkish Defense Industries Directorate chair İsmail Demir said on Jan. 6.

President Vladimir Putin said on Dec. 24 that Russia has got a strong edge in designing new weapons and that it has become the only country in the world to deploy hypersonic weapons.

Turkey bought the Russian S-400 missile defense systems to use, but still open to consider a U.S. offer on the Patriots, the head of Turkish Defense Industry Directorate said on Nov. 16.

Despite pressure from the U.S. against proceeding with a purchase of Russian missile defense systems, India has already paid for 15 percent of the total cost, an Indian media report claimed on Nov. 15

Turkey conducted a successful test-fire of the country's first indigenously developed sea-launched cruise missile, the head of Turkey's Defense Industries Presidency said on Nov. 4.

In early 2020, Russia will launch tests of the RS-28 Sarmat liquid-fueled intercontinental ballistic missile, Vedomosti reports, citing sources from the Ministry of Defense and Defense Industry.

The first two rockets will be fired from the silo of the Plesetsk spaceport to the Kura range on the Kamchatka Peninsula. At least five launches are planned.

The joint exercise is held under the name "Slovenian Shield 2019", and it started with missile firing by Anti-Aircraft Defense Units of the Serbian Armed Forces and the Russian Air Force.