The aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69) (Ike) completed the first successful carrier launch of the MK 234 Nulka countermeasure fired from the MK 53 Decoy Launching System (DLS), Dec. 16 ...

The Nulka decoy is an expendable soft-kill countermeasure designed to seduce radar-guided anti-ship missiles in their terminal homing phase. (Australian Department of Defence) L3Harris is to supply a ...

February 16, 2025: Since 1999 the Australian developed Nulka has been installed on more than 149 U.S. and Australian warships. Nulka is installed on ships in the Mk 53 Decoy Launching System or DSLS.

May 16 (UPI) --The final Australian Nulka missile decoy system produced under a 1999 contract by BAE Systems Australia has been produced and delivered. The milestone was announced by Australian ...

CANBERRA, Australia, Oct. 1 (UPI) --A launch sub-system for the Nulka missile decoy deployed on Royal Australian Navy ships is to be upgraded by BAE Systems Australia. The country's Defense Materiel ...

US supercarriers are being called “obsolete” in the face of modern missile swarms. But an unsung Australian invention is countering this threat. It’s an economy of scale. The newest US Navy ...

The award winning Nulka defence system will achieve another major milestone in 2010 with the delivery of the 1 000th production round. Prime contractor BAE Systems today confirmed that the Nulka ...

USS Laboon , shown here operating in the Red Sea in June 2024, performed the first at-sea Nulka reloading. (Janes/Michael Fabey) Guided missile destroyer USS Laboon (DDG 58) performed the first US ...

Norfolk, Va. – The Norfolk-based aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower completed the first successful carrier launch of the MK 234 Nulka countermeasure fired from the MK 53 Decoy Launching System ...

Although this decision has yet to be announced either in Australia or the US, details are included in USN 2010 budget papers. Nulka brings together hovering rocket, autonomous systems and electronics ...

It’s an economy of scale. The newest US Navy supercarrier — the USS Ford — costs $18 billion to build. A missile costs maybe more than a million a piece. So throwing a few hundred of them at an ...