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The People's Republic of China said it test-fired an intercontinental ballistic missile on Wednesday (25 September), firing it into the Pacific Ocean in the first exercise in years.
Russia and China are already ahead of the United States in the development, production and testing of hypersonic missiles. This was reported by Voice of America with reference to experts from the Hudson Institute.
Breaking Defence reported that Lockheed plans to conduct the first sea test of its latest air-to-ground missile (JAGM) next year.
The Israeli Defence Forces discovered and destroyed a building that had been converted into a launching position for a DR-3 cruise missile, which is actually an updated Soviet-made Tu-143 Reis reconnaissance UAV.
Ukraine's Defence Minister Rustem Umerov said that Ukraine had reached verbal agreements with its Western partners on financing its missile programme.
Ukraine's defence forces reported that their units recently struck a Russian military facility located in the temporarily occupied city of Mariupol.
The contract is worth $1.2bn. The number of missiles is not disclosed. It is only known that some of them will be transferred to Ukraine, as well as Bahrain, Bulgaria, Canada, Finland, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Japan, Norway, Switzerland and the UK. Raytheon will fulfil the contract until 31 December 2028.
The United States Department of State has approved the sale of 246 AIM-9X Sidewinder Block II short-range air-to-air tactical missiles to the Netherlands. The deal is valued at approximately $261 million.
The United States wants to receive details of a plan from President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on how the Ukrainian Defence Forces will conduct strikes on Russian territory. Only then can they lift restrictions on the use of Western weapons.
Iran has delivered 220 Fath-360 ballistic missiles to Russia on the civilian cargo ship Port Olya 3 across the Caspian Sea.
The new aid package is worth £162m (about $200m) and includes 650 Martlet missiles for air defence. The first batch of weapons will arrive in Ukraine by the end of 2024.
The Australian Department of Defence has signed a contract with Kongsberg Defence & Aerospace for the supply of JSM (Joint Strike Missile) missiles.
The US government approved the sale of 94 RIM-116 surface-to-air missiles to the Turkish Navy.
This was reported by the Reuters news agency, citing sources in the US government. The new aid pact is likely to be announced this autumn, but the actual delivery of missiles will have to wait a few months. According to the sources, the U.S. must first solve some technical problems. For example, to adapt the missiles to Soviet aircraft. By the way, Ukraine will also be able to use AGM-158 JASSM with F-16 fighters.
The United States has ordered a batch of GMLRS precision guided munitions for HIMARS worth more than $3 billion.
