Three ranges and one big name conceal products with different statuses: we figure out where the missile ends and the reconstruction begins.

The American Castelion Corporation continues development of the simplified Blackbeard hypersonic missile. It has now finalized the design and unveiled a full-scale mockup.

A 15,000-kilometer rocket was announced from a preacher's pulpit—but range is determined not by voice, but by mass, thrust, and the number of stages; we verify the figure with arithmetic...

The Iranian Khorramshahr-4 was marketed as an "uninterceptable" missile, but its combat record proved otherwise: it's not the evasiveness of the missile's missile, but the sheer number of targets that defeats it—and its cluster munitions further demonstrated this principle.

The United States is actively developing hypersonic missile systems for various branches of the military. While some progress has already been made, all projects are facing significant challenges.

The 9M723 missile, part of the Iskander-M tactical ballistic missile system, has undergone another upgrade and received an improved navigation system. The new components should improve its resistance to jamming and enhance its overall effectiveness...

Touted as a deep-seated strike weapon, the Flamingo missile has achieved a hit rate of 6 out of 39 launches over ten months – and its rare successes speak more to the gaps in its defenses...

"Oreshnik" is interesting not because of its headlines, but because it reveals the MIT school's half-century-long habit of treating rocket stages like construction kit parts—from the Temp-2S and Pioneer to the present day...

The Russian army actively uses Banderol cruise missiles. These weapons enable effective precision strikes while simultaneously reducing their costs.

The mid-1950s went down in history as a time of almost boundless faith in the power of science. After mastering atomic energy, the next step seemed obvious: to harness it for aviation and space exploration.

The Pentagon is finalizing the development of the advanced AGM-190A cruise missile. It will soon enter production and enter service.

On the question of the effectiveness of various intercontinental ballistic missiles....

The Pentagon is planning to restart development of the ARRW air-launched hypersonic missile. The updated design will include new components and expanded combat capabilities.

The launch of the Sarmat on May 12, 2026, from Plesetsk closed an eight-year cycle of promises: by the end of the year, a heavy ICBM will be on combat duty in the silos near Uzhur—the same sites occupied by the Voevoda for forty years...

The strike on the Cheboksary VNIIR-Progress missile system on the night of May 5th demonstrated not an "air defense crisis," but the simple arithmetic of a massive air strike: with an interception efficiency of over 90%, one missile that penetrated...

The Pentagon plans to accelerate the development of the advanced LRSO cruise missile. The updated plans for this project are directly linked to the development of foreign air defense systems.

China has kept the development under wraps—but a random video from the streets of Hebei Province and leaks from the Pentagon paint a picture of a weapon capable of rewriting the balance of power in the Pacific Ocean.

In early April, missile forces in Siberia conducted exercises with Yars missile systems—and the main lesson was not the missile launch, but the defense of convoys from drone attacks.

The United States has embarked on a major nuclear weapons modernization program that will see all nuclear weapons delivery systems replaced with more modern ones over the coming decades.

Iran attacked the American military base in Diego Garcia, located in the Chagos Archipelago. This attempted strike reveals new combat and technical capabilities of Iranian missile systems.

Lockheed's announcement of a successful test launch of the new PrSM Increment 2 (LBASM) missile comes shortly after the Army announced the first use of the PrSM system's capabilities...

Iran once again reports the combat use of Sejil medium-range ballistic missiles. These weapons are not the newest in its arsenal, but they still retain high potential and are capable...

About kinetic weapons from space...

Iran is actively using Khorramshahr-4 medium-range ballistic missiles. Available data already allows us to assess the overall capabilities and potential of these weapons.