Raytheon has been allowed to resume production of its Exoatmospheric Kill Vehicle (EKV) for the Ground-Based Midcourse Defense (GMD) system following a successful intercept last month.
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Category: Space
Russia lost last remaining US-KMO missile warning satellite
A Russian early warning missile detection satellite has been lost permanantly. The Kosmos 2479 satellite was the last of the US-KMO series that operate in geosynchronous orbit.
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First successful GMD intercept using an enhanced version EKV
The Ground-Based Midcourse Defense (GMD) system successfully intercepted an intermediate-range ballistic missile target using an enhanced version of the Exoatmospheric Kill Vehicle (EKV) on Jun. 22.
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North Korea tested new flight profile for Rodong MRBM
North Korea fired two Rodong medium-range ballistic missiles on Mar. 26 and the missiles were flying at a higher launch angle in order to shorten the range and hit South Korea.
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Misawa launches first Global Hawk
An RQ-4 Global Hawk has made its first operational flight from Misawa Air Base in Japan on Jun. 6.