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Russia is deploying long-range, precision cruise missiles to the western Atlantic that American defense officials say will allow Moscow to target Washington and other East Coast cities with conventional or nuclear attacks. Moscow is adding Kalibr land attack cruise missiles to both warships and missile submarines that Moscow plans to use in Atlantic patrols near the United States, sorties that were once routine during the Cold War. The new sea-based Kalibr deployments are expected in the coming months, according to officials familiar with intelligence reports of the Russian maritime operations. The land-attack version of the Kalibr, known as the SS-N-30A...

Russian company unveils 'bomb in a box' cruise missile system A Russian company has unveiled a unique "Pandora's Box'"cruise missile system which is deployed and can be fired from a standard 40-foot shipping container, from ships, rail cars or even off the back of a truck. Morinformsystem-Agat JSC is marketing the system as a take-anywhere weapon able to destroy ships and attack land targets with the Novator Klub-K 3M-54TE missile, one of the deadliest cruise missiles in existence. "We call it Pandora's box," said a company representative at MAKS air show, where the weapon made its first appearance. The Club...

Kilos and Klubs, spiders and flies By Ed Stephens Jr. Special to the Saipan Tribune We’re an increasingly important square on the west Pacific chessboard, though a modern chessboard would dispense with rooks and knights and would have submarines and missiles instead. Hey, that might be easier, since I never understood the knights with their hinky L-hook maneuvers. So let’s look at submarines. Why not? Everybody else is. And some are kicking the tires and cutting checks. If you doubt that our Asia-Pacific neighborhood is in a serious military growth mode, then consider that even tiny and poor Vietnam, which...

Russian Firm Denies 'Club-K' Missiles Could Be Used By Terrorists April 29, 2010 By Ron Synovitz A new cruise-missile system being marketed by a Russian firm is attracting attention as a weapon that, according to its own promotional video, could transform ordinary civilian freight vehicles into long-range missile launchers. The weapon, known as the Club-K Container Missile System, has been promoted on the Internet and at international arms fairs by the Moscow-based defense firm Concern Morinformsystem-Agat. The state-controlled firm's marketing campaign describes a concealed and highly mobile satellite-guided missile system that could be hidden inside an ordinary cargo container --...

A cruise missile in a shipping box on sale to rogue bidders Defence experts are warning of a new danger of ballistic weapons proliferation after a Russian company started marketing a cruise missile that can be launched from a shipping container. By Thomas Harding, Defence Correspondent Published: 6:30PM BST 25 Apr 2010 It is feared that the covert Club-K missile attack system could prove "game-changing" in fighting wars with small countries, which would gain a remote capacity to mount multiple missiles on boats, trucks or railways. Iran and Venezuela have already shown an interest in the Club-K Container Missile System...

Arming Containers Ships With Anti-Ship Missiles April 14, 2010: A Russian firm is marketing a version of the Klub cruise missile that can be carried in a 40 foot shipping container. The launcher and the missile have to slide out of the container before firing, thus limiting where it can be placed on a ship, particularly your typical container ship. But you could get two or three of these shipping container Klubs on most cargo ships, turning the vessel into warship. The Klub missile is a key weapon for the Kilo submarine. Weighing two tons, and fired from a 533mm...

Russian Rockets Will Keep Emirates Shores Safe The United Arab Emirates are in negotiations with Russia over Club-M mobile shore rockets. It is possible that a memorandum of intention will be signed during Russian President Vladimir Putin's visit to Abu Dabai in October. The deal is estimated to be worth $250-300 million. It became possible after Russia and the UAE settled a conflict over the delivery of Panzir S-1 ballistic missiles. Kommersant learned of the precontractual talks from a source in the military industrial complex. According to the source, Emirates representatives were shown the Bereg mobile artillery complex and Redut...

Russia Will Equip Iranian Subs with Missiles Yesterday the Second International Naval Show (IMDS-2005) finished its work in St. Petersburg. During its course there were negotiations about new shipments of naval military equipment to China and Mexico, and about the refurbishing Iranian submarines. On the show about 300 Russian defense companies demonstrated their production ready for export. In the Sea Station pier, the visitors were able to examine ships from the Russian Navy. For a first time on the show was a demonstration of the Russian submarine of new generation “Sankt-Petersburg” Project 677 “Lada”, which the state company Admiralty Shipyards...