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Failed Russian spy satellite burns up over American Midwest

Posted on October 24, 2021October 23, 2021 by alert5

Russian spy satellite Kosmos-2551 re-entered the Earth’s atmosphere and burn up over the American Midwest on Oct. 20.

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North Korea might have tested SLBM today

Posted on October 19, 2021October 19, 2021 by alert5

North Korea might have tested a Submarine Launch Ballistic Missile (SLBM) from the vicinity of Sinpo today.

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IAI beats Airbus and Thales to supply spy satellite to Vietnam

Posted on September 8, 2021 by alert5

A gated article by Intelligence Online says IAI has been Airbus and Thales in a four-year race to supply a military observation satellite to Vietnam.

Thilo Kranz/DLR, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

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South Korea’s defense budget next year includes $16 million request for C-RAM

Posted on September 1, 2021September 1, 2021 by alert5

South Korea’s Defense Ministry has submitted its budget request for next year and one of the items on the shopping list is a Counter rocket, artillery, and mortar (C-RAM) system.

Brig. Gen. Kenneth Hara, Hawaii Army National Guard Deputy Adjutant General visits Hawaii Army National Guard Soldiers with 1st Battalion, 487th Field Artillery Regiment as they conduct Counter Rocket Artillery Mortar operations during deployment training, Fort Sill, Oklahoma, Jun. 9, 2019. The 487th FAR was selected as the first non Air Defense Artillery unit to be trained on C-RAM operations outside of their primary Military Occupational Specialty of Field Artillery. (Hawaii Army National Guard photo by Sgt. 1st Class Theresa Gualdarama)

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RoKAF will take part in joint exercises with U.S. Space Force

Posted on August 31, 2021August 31, 2021 by alert5

Future joint military exercises led by the U.S. Space Force could include South Korea’s air force in order to help reinforce the latter’s space defense capabilities.

United States Space Force, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

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