ArianeGroup Displays Its MaRV-Armed Ballistic Missiles
During Eurosatory 2026, French ArianeGroup displayed its follow-ups to FLP-T-150 artillery rocket as an SRBM and MRBM fitted with maneouvrable RVs.
MRBM News
Land
Weapon / Missile
Expo and Air Show
Air
Iranian Ballistic Missile Intercepted by SM-3 Over Turkiye
Turkish MoD announced that a ballistic missile was intercepted over Turkish airspace, with SM-3’s second-stage booster landing on Güneyşehir, Gaziantep.
Air
Weapon / Missile
SM-3 Likely Hit the Iranian Ballistic Missile Over Turkiye
SM-3 anti-ballistic missile intended for midcourse interceptions in space was likely used to intercept the Iranian ballistic missile near Turkish airspace.
Land
Weapon / Missile
Bilateral Relations
France in Talks with Germany for a Land-Based MRBM
ArianeGroup, responsible for the M51 SLBM, is discussing a partnership with Germany for a new generation land-based medium-range ballistic missile (MRBM).
Global Defence Trend Brief
- 09:00 NATO pushes allies to fill US air and naval capability gaps - Washington is pressing European allies and Canada to provide more manned and unmanned aircraft plus...
- 09:00 AI-driven drone swarms rise as a new NATO planning priority - NATO officials are warning that AI-enabled drone swarms could reshape warfare within five years, pus...
- 09:00 Counter-drone demand expands beyond battlefields into critical infrastructure - Growing drone incursions around airports, ports, oil facilities and data centres are accelerating de...
- 09:00 Europe’s loyal wingman race becomes a core airpower trend - Collaborative combat aircraft took centre stage at Berlin Airshow 2026 as European companies and air...
- 09:00 Ukraine’s drone combat know-how is becoming an export asset in Asia - Ukrainian drone firms are marketing battlefield-proven systems and swarm concepts in Japan, Taiwan a...
- 09:00 NATO accelerates live testing of counter-drone technologies - Alliance members and industry partners are expanding field trials of drone detection and interceptio...
- 09:00 Hypersonic threats keep driving demand for persistent tracking networks - The spread of hypersonic weapons continues to push Western defence planners toward integrated radar...
- 09:00 Military space resilience shifts toward larger distributed constellations - Armed forces are increasingly favouring proliferated satellite constellations over a small number of...
- 09:00 Autonomous maritime systems gain importance in surveillance and strike planning - Navies are broadening interest in autonomous surface and underwater systems for persistent ISR, infr...
- 09:00 Industrial surge capacity is becoming a decisive defence metric - Across missiles, drones and air defence, governments are placing more weight on production scalabili...
