India to test-fire Agni-5 missile that puts all China within range

India plans to test-launch a nuclear-capable intercontinental ballistic missile soon that would put the whole of China within its range, the Press Trust of India news agency said Monday.

The launch could be carried out as early as Wednesday, PTI said, quoting scientists familiar with the missile project.

The test-launch involves an Agni-5 missile, a three-stage solid-fuel rocket with a range of 5,000 kilometers.

Currently, only the United States, China and Russia have capabilities to launch this class of nuclear-tipped intercontinental ballistic missiles.

Read details: Mainichi

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Massive Ordnance Penetrator Bomb: Mother of all bombs

We heard of 15,000 pounds Daisy Cutters during the Tora Bora pounding in the initial days of the US invasion of Afghanistan to hunt down OBL. But that was just history.

Here we have something much larger, bigger, heavier and destructive: the 20,000 pounds MOP - Massive Ordnance Penetrator Bomb.

MOP being released by B-52 Stratofortress

Developed by Boeing, the MOP has the capability of blasting through 60 feet of concrete with a bomb exploding at 200 feet underground.

At over 20 feet in length and weighing 30,000 pounds, the MOP is a precision guided bomb that is a part of the U.S.'s initiative to decrease dependence on nuclear weapons as a deterrent.

Read more: Business Insider

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Russia Beefing Up Its Nukes

[ via Business Insider ] 29 Dec

While the world, specially the USA, has its attention towards Iran's threatening of blockade of Strait of Hormuz, reports say that Russia is beefing up its nukes, and putting the finishing touches on a new class of submarine.

Having seen its share of problems over the years, the Bulava ICBM finally saw a successful dual launch Friday.

From the White Sea, the new submarine Yury Dolgoruky handily sent joint Bulava's more than 3,700 miles to Kamchatka where they nailed both their designated targets. The Bulava Submarine Launched Ballistic Missile (SLBM) can carry up to 10 multiple independently targetable reentry vehicles (MIRVs).

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U.S. defeated in bid on cluster bomb accord

Full Story: Yahoo News 26 Nov

A US sponsored push to regulate, rather than ban, cluster munitions failed Friday after 50 countries objected, following humanitarian campaigners' claims that anything less than a outright ban would be an unprecedented reversal of human rights law.

Mini droplets oozing out of a CBU

It may be added that Cluster bombs, dropped by air or fired by artillery, scatter hundreds of bomblets across a wide area and can kill and maim civilians long after conflicts end.

Click HERE to read more about devastation caused by Cluster bombs.

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US army tests hypersonic weapon over the Pacific

[Full story: Dawn News] 18 Nov

The US Army tested an Advanced Hypersonic Weapon from the military’s Pacific Missile Range Facility on Kauai at about 1:30 a.m, Thursday. The weapon’s ”glide vehicle” reached Kwajalein Atoll – some 2,300 miles away – in less than half an hour, said Lt. Col. Melinda Morgan, a Pentagon spokeswoman, Dawn News reports quoting Reuters.

The new missile is said to be five times faster than the speed of sound. The Congressional Research Service report said the AHW would be able to maneuver to avoid flying over third party nations as it approached its target.

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