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Stark Defence's Virtus loitering munition fails all four strikes in military trials
S3 · ~Oct 2025 · STARK Defence
Record
| Company | STARK Defence |
| Industry | Defense / space |
| Type(s) | malfunction |
| Date | ~Oct 2025 (month precision) |
| Time of day | not documented |
| Location | no physical site (recall / fleet-wide / aggregate record) |
| Severity | (recall, enforcement, or fleet-wide fault) |
| Scale | 4 of 4 trial strikes failed |
| Confidence | medium |
| Verified flag | Yes - independently re-checked against the cited source |
Summary
Reporting says Stark Defence (Peter Thiel-backed) failed all four strikes during military field trials of its Virtus loitering munition, raising doubts about operational readiness.
Primary source
Publisher: DroneXL · Retrieved: 2026-09-16
Supporting source rows (1)
| Date | Supporting source row | Publisher | Link |
|---|---|---|---|
| ~Oct 2025 | Stark Defence's Virtus loitering munition fails all four strikes in military trials | DroneXL | DroneXL |
Defense / space context
malfunction context
STARK Defence industry position
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