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During a press briefing at the Pentagon, Adm. Bill Gortney, head of NORAD and Northern Command, said political leaders in U.S. and Canada have been briefed on upgrades to the early warning sensors in the North Warning System.
By TSGT DONALD L. WETTERMAN (http://www.defenseimagery.mil DF-ST-88-03448) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
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India has suffered a setback in its bid to create a missile defense shield when a test firing of the Advanced Air Defence interceptor failed on Apr. 6.
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A L.A. Times report concluded that the Sea-Based X-Band Radar (SBX-1) had failed to achieve its original goals.
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A military official told Russian radio that the Pantsir-S1 air defense system has been deployed to the Arctic region.
By Vitaly V. Kuzmin (http://vitalykuzmin.net/?q=node/372) [CC BY-SA 3.0 or CC BY-SA 3.0], via Wikimedia Commons
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Russia may lift the ban on delivering the S-300 air defense system to Iran if the U.N. were to remove an arms embargo on the country.
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