Russia’s Strategic Missile Force will have a new intercontinental ballistic missile dubbed Sarmat by 2020.
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Category: Space
Pentagon wants common EKI for GBI and SM3
Boeing, Lockheed Martin and Raytheon were all give contracts by the Pentagon recently to design a common Exoatmospheric Kill Vehicle for the GBI and SM3 missiles.
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New missile range instrumentation ship successfully passes trials
The U.S. Navy has successfully conducted final contract trials of USNS Howard O. Lorenzen in San Diego. The missile range instrumentation ship will be the replacement for USNS Observation Island.
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X-37B OTV-3 nears one year orbit
The U.S. Air Force’s X-37B OTV-3 mission is approaching its one year in orbit milestone and the spacecraft is not showing signs of landing anytime soon.
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North Korea constructing new facilities at Tonghae
38 North has found evidence that North Korea has started constructing new facilities at the Tonghae Satellite Launching Ground.
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