Lt. Gen. John Hyten, vice commander of the U.S. Air Force Space Command, says the Pentagon should stop paying for non-recurring engineering costs to design, develop and test new satellites before buying them.
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Chinese agency also revealed existence of DF-26, HQ-19, HQ-26
The Shaanxi Province Environmental Monitoring Center was found to have revealed the existence of the DF-26 MRBM in a progress report in March this year.
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JSDF to setup space unit
Japan’s military plans to set up a space unit within five years to protect satellites from space debris.
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Chinese agency acknowledge existence of DF-41 ICBM
The first official acknowledgement of the existence of the DF-41 ICBM has been uncovered. The Shaanxi Province Environmental Monitoring Center published a progress report for Jun. 6-13 and item 13 of the report stated an environmental assessment of the missile facilities had been carried out.
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US says China tested anti-satellite missile
U.S. State Department spokeswoman Marie Harf said China actually tested an anti-satellite missile on Jul. 23.
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