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Iran says it has hypersonic missile that can evade ‘all air-defence systems’

INTERNATIONAL Iran has produced its first hypersonic ballistic missile cable of penetrating all air-defence systems and travelling inside and outside the Earth's atmosphere, Amir Ali Hajizadeh, commander of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Aerospace Force, told the semi-official Tasnim news agency on Thursday. Hypersonic missiles, which like traditional ballistic missiles can deliver nuclear weapons, fly at more than five times the speed of sound. "This hypersonic ballistic missile was developed to […]

today11 November 2022

International News

China fires ‘aircraft-carrier killer’ missile in warning to US

China has fired two missiles, including one dubbed an "aircraft-carrier killer", into the South China Sea, according to a news report, in a pointed warning to the United States as tensions in the disputed sea lane rise to new levels. The South China Morning Post (SCMP) reported on Thursday that Beijing fired one intermediate-range ballistic missile, DF-26B, from Qinghai province and another medium-range ballistic missile, DF-21D, from Zhejiang province on […]

today27 August 2020

International News

Yemen’s Houthi rebels fire ballistic missile at Saudi capital

Yemen's Houthi rebels fired a ballistic missile at Saudi Arabia's capital, Riyadh, saying the projectile traveled more than 800km into the kingdom on Wednesday. Al Masirah, a TV network run by the Houthis, claimed responsibility for the attack on Twitter, saying the rebels fired a Burkan 2-H, a Scud-type missile, towards the Saudi defence ministry. Videos published on social media showed clouds of smoke in the sky above the capital. […]

today12 April 2018

International News

Failed ‘attack’ on Makkah to be referred to UN

Foreign ministers of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation Member States have agreed to refer the case of Houthis’ attack against holy sites in Mecca to the United Nations. During an emergency meeting held in Mecca, fifty-one representatives of Islamic states have decided to address a letter to the United Nations on behalf of OIC’s executive committee. They pointed out in their final statement, which was issued the day after the […]

today18 November 2016

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