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Buck McKeon, chairman of the U.S. House Armed Services Committee, and three other Republican lawmakers have jointly wrote a letter to Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel, urging him to conduct another test of the Ground-Based Midcourse Defense (GMD) after last week’s failure.
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The Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) had to be called in to recover a wave radar transmitter that was sold off accidentally.
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A demonstration of the U.S. Ground-based Midcourse Defense (GMD) was carried out on Jul. 5 and the interception of a long-range ballistic missile target did not occur.
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New York Times has an article on the source of the Chinese FN-6 man portable air defense system (MANPADS) in Syria.
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South Korea has deployed its indigenous K30 Biho twin 30mm self-propelled anti-aircraft gun to front line units.
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