Utilising existing Ukrainian stockpiles of Soviet designed R-73 air to air missiles, the Gravehawk is a containerised surface to air missile (SAM) system designed and produced within a 12 month ...

The Cuban Missile Crisis is most commonly conveyed as ... entailed the transfer and deployment of three nuclear-capable R-12 MRBM and two R-14 intermediate-range ballistic missile (ICBM ...

but the R-9X variant forgoes an explosive warhead altogether in favor of a series of metal ‘blades’ which are said to deploy from the missile body before impact. This, in combination with the ...

Ryan Chan is a Newsweek reporter based in Hong Kong, where he previously had over a decade of experience at a local newspaper, covering China and current events around the world. His focus is on ...

The Cold War-era Vympel R-73 missiles used for the system were originally designed for Soviet fighter jets - Christian Sparks/RAF ...