The ASMPA-R missile was fired by a French Navy Dassault Rafale FR3 M fighter jet. The aircraft took off from the Landivisiau Naval Air Base in Brittany. The munition was inert and did not carry an actual nuclear warhead.

While the Charles de Gaulle is the only NATO surface ship equipped to carry nuclear weapons, it does not deploy with the FANU and nuclear missiles on routine missions, according to the Nuclear Information Project at the Federation of American Scientists, a Washington think tank.

China’s anti-ship “kill chain” couples DF-21D/DF-26B/DF-17 salvos with satellites, OTH radars and scouts to push carriers outside strike range. -But finding, fixing and updating tracks on a maneuvering CSG is hard—and U.

The Japan Self-Defense Force recently tested the deployment of a developing hypersonic missile system that is designed to defend Tokyo’s islands from foreign warships. The Acquisition, Technology and Logistics Agency (ATLA) showcased the Hyper Velocity Gliding Projectile (HVGP) during an industry day last week,

Air Force planners want ideas on building the service’s next counter-air missile at a cost of $500,000 per unit, although the service already has cheaper munitions.

Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) said it had foiled a plot by Ukrainian and British spies to tempt Russian pilots to steal a MiG-31 jet armed with a Kinzhal hypersonic missile for US$3 million,

A Ukrainian Mirage 2000-5F was shown with six Kh-101 ALCM kill markings in a rare close-up look at the French-supplied jet delivered earlier this year. A

It was deployed to support Operation Southern Spear. The ship is the first of a new class of aircraft carriers being built for the U.S. military.