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Israel is now attacking Iranian energy facilities after warning it would if Iran didn't stop hitting Israeli urban areas.
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Israel Escalates To Attacking Iranian Energy Targets After Ballistic Missiles Hit Tel Aviv (Updated)

By Howard Altman

Updated 3 Hours Ago

Dramatic footage is emerging online as Iran has begun launching a huge ballistic missile barrage against Israel as part of its retaliatory strikes.
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Iran Strikes Back (Updated)

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated Yesterday

A containerized launcher designed to fire the same suite of artillery rockets and ballistic missiles as the M270 Multiple Launch Rocket System (MLRS) and M142 High Mobility Artillery Rocket System (HIMARS) has appeared at the U.S. Army's Fort Bragg in North Carolina.
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Mysterious Shipping Container Rocket Launcher Spotted At Trump’s Visit To Fort Bragg

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Jun 11, 2025

Future versions of the Precision Strike Missile (PrSM) short-range ballistic missile for the U.S. Army could carry Coyote drones or Hatchet miniature glide bombs, according to Lockheed Martin.
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PrSM Ballistic Missiles Loaded With Coyote Drones, Hatchet Mini Smart Bombs Eyed By Army

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on May 1, 2025

The U.S. Army could be in line to get nearly $640 million in extra funding for new medium-range ballistic missiles (MRBM), including ones capable of hitting ships at sea.
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Bringing Back Medium Range Ballistic Missiles Fast Tracked Under Proposed $150B Defense Boost

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Apr 28, 2025

The U.S. does not know how many weapons the Houthis posses, but praise their innovative abilities.
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Houthi Weapons Arsenal Remains A Mystery To The U.S.

By Howard Altman

Posted on Mar 6, 2025

More North Korean Artillery Troops Heading To Russia: Ukraine Intel Chief
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More North Korean Artillery Troops Heading To Russia: Ukraine Intel Chief

By Howard Altman

Posted on Jan 22, 2025

SUMY, UKRAINE - NOVEMBER 26: A destroyed car stands in a parking lot after a Russian missile attack on November 26, 2024 in Sumy, Ukraine. According to the acting mayor of Sumy, Artem Kobzar, the Russian army attacked the city with a missile. As a result of the strike, a residential multi-storey building was damaged and a parking lot was destroyed.
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Russia Launched The Largest Drone Attack On Ukraine Of The War

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on Nov 26, 2024

Ukraine used ATACMS missiles to hit an airbase in Russia for the first time.
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ATACMS Hit Airfield In Russia For The First Time

By Howard Altman

Updated on Nov 25, 2024

While it has turned out that the RS-26-based Oreshnik that Russia fired at Ukraine was not a conventionally-armed ICBM, it still highlights the very real interest in, if not more active development and even potential fielding of, a weapon of that kind globally.
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Conventionally Armed ICBM Concept Highlighted By Unprecedented Russian Missile Attack On Ukraine

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Nov 22, 2024

Ukraine has used the U.S.-made Army Tactical Missile System (ATACMS) for the first time against a target inside Russia. The announcement comes soon after Moscow warned that the use of Western-supplied long-range missiles by Ukraine against Russia could trigger a nuclear response, after Russian nuclear war plans were updated.
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U.S.-Supplied ATACMS Missile Strike Inside Russia Have Begun

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on Nov 19, 2024

Key Trump nominee blasts BIden decision to allow Ukraine to use ATACMS in Russia.
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Biden ATACMS Decision Spurs Russian Threats, Hope and Derision Elsewhere

By Howard Altman

Posted on Nov 18, 2024

A new palletized ground-based launcher concept that can be loaded with up to two dozen 227mm guided artillery rockets at a time – four times what an M142 High Mobility Artillery Rocket System (HIMARS) can pack at once – recently broke cover.
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Mobile Launcher That Can Fire Four Times More Weapons Than HIMARS Emerges

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Nov 13, 2024

The U.S. Army is already interested in scaling down its new Typhon ground-based missile system, if possible, to help make it easier to deploy and operate.
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Army Looking To Shrink Typhon Missile System After Lessons Learned From First Deployment

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Oct 15, 2024

Iranian attack on Israeli airbase shows some damage but nothing widespread
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Clearer Picture Of Damage To Israeli Airbase From Iranian Ballistic Missiles Emerges

By Thomas Newdick, Tyler Rogoway

Posted on Oct 4, 2024

Iran-Israel barrage missile
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Surreal Missile Battle In The Sky Seen In Astonishing Video Of Iran’s Ballistic Missile Barrage

By Tyler Rogoway

Posted on Oct 3, 2024