Israel conducts anti-missile test

October 11th, 2009 JERUSALEM - Amid growing tensions with Iran, the United States and Israel will reportedly conduct a joint missile defense exercise this week in order to simulate a response in the event of war between Israel, Iran, Syria and Lebanon. The 'Juniper Cobra exercise' will begin on Monday and conclude on Friday and more than 1,000 American troops from the European Command in Germany have been deployed in Israel for the whole process, The Jerusalem Post reports.

September 30th, 2009 Iran conducts second round of missile testsTEHRAN, Iran — Iran's state television says the elite Revolutionary Guard fired medium-range missiles in a second round of tests meant to demonstrate the country's preparedness for an attack. The report says the Guard test-fired Shahab-1 and Shahab-2 missiles overnight, following tests of short-range missiles early Sunday.

September 30th, 2009 Report: Iran conducts 2nd round of missile testsTEHRAN, Iran — Iran's state television says the elite Revolutionary Guard fired medium-range missiles in a second round of tests meant to demonstrate the country's preparedness for an attack. The report says the Guard test-fired Shahab-1 and Shahab-2 missiles overnight, following tests of short-range missiles early Sunday.

September 28th, 2009 TEHRAN - Iran has claimed that it is due to test-fire a long-range missile that is capable of striking targets in Israel, most Arab countries and parts of Europe - including much of Turkey. Iranian Air Force Commander Hossein Salami has said that a Shahab-3 long-range missile, which reportedly has a range of 1,300 to 2,000km (800 to 1,240 miles), was to be test-fired on Monday, Sky News reports.

July 23rd, 2009 Israeli missile-defense test abortedJERUSALEM — Tests of a missile-defense system meant to shield Israel from Iranian attack were aborted over the past week on three occasions because of various malfunctions, Israeli defense officials said Thursday. In the latest case, an upgraded version of the Arrow II — a system being developed by state-run Israel Aerospace Industries Ltd.

July 16th, 2009 Reports: test of Russian missile Bulava failsMOSCOW — News agencies says Russia's latest test of the advanced ballistic missile Bulava has failed, with the missile self-destructing. It's the sixth failure in 10 test launches for the Bulava — a major setback for Russia's efforts to upgrade its aging missile arsenal.

July 15th, 2009 Israel anti-missile system passes live fire testJERUSALEM — A homegrown Israeli missile defense system performed well in its first live trial, bringing down a short-range rocket similar to those used by Palestinian and Lebanese militants, an Israeli Defense Minister official said Wednesday. Spokesman Shlomo Dror told The Associated Press that a missile from the "Iron Dome" system intercepted and destroyed a Grad rocket.

July 2nd, 2009 Chronology of North Korea's missile programDevelopments in North Korea's missile program: — Aug. 31, 1998: North Korea fires suspected missile over Japan and into the Pacific Ocean, calling it a satellite.

May 29th, 2009 Officials: NKorea may plan long-range missile testWASHINGTON — U.S. officials say there are new signs North Korea may be planning even more missile launches in a show of strength following worldwide condemnation of its underground nuclear test.

May 27th, 2009 SEOUL/TOKYO - The North Korean military fired another short-range missile across the Sea of Japan, its third such launch since conducting an internationally condemned nuclear test Monday, South Korean media reported early Wednesday. The missile was launched after 9 p.m.

May 25th, 2009 SEOUL - North Korea appears to have test-fired one short-range missile Monday after it conducted a second nuclear test, South Korea's Yonhap News Agency said. The 130 km-range missile was fired from its Musudanri missile base in Southern Hamkyung province, Yonhap said.

May 25th, 2009 PYONGYANG - North Korea Monday said it has successfully conducted "one more" underground nuclear test. In a statement released by the official news agency KCNA, the North Korean government said the test was "part of the measures to bolster up its nuclear deterrent for self-defence in every way as requested by its scientists and technicians".

May 20th, 2009 TEHRAN - Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Wednesday announced that his country has test-fired a new advanced missile with a range of about 1,200 miles, far enough to strike Israel and southeastern Europe. Defense Minister (Mostafa Mohammad Najjar) has informed me that the Sajjil-2 missile, which has very advanced technology, was launched from Semnan and it landed precisely on the target," state radio quoted Ahmadinejad as saying.

May 9th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - Pakistan has conducted a test fire of its Babar cruise missile without any prior notice, the Nation reports. Although the test was conducted last Wednesday, the Foreign Office disclosed the event this week only.

April 14th, 2009 TEL AVIV - Israel and the US plan to test three types of defence systems in a joint military operation in Israel, an Israeli newspaper reported Tuesday. According to the report, the exercise code-named 'Juniper Cobra' is supposed to last all the year.