US-Korea Institute at Johns Hopkins University reports that North Korea is constructing a new rocket launch pad with supporting facilities.
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NATO declares interim capability for European missile shield
NATO leaders activated the first phase of its European missile shield by transferring the command of an early-warning radar in Turkey and a U.S. warship armed with interceptors under NATO command in a German base.
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Russian convicted of selling Bulava’s secrets
A worker with a Russian defense firm has been sentenced to eight years in prison for passing secrets of the Bulava intercontinental missile to a foreign intelligence service.
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Russian spy satellite lifted into orbit
The last Soyuz-U flight from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome in northern Russia was completed on May 17. It placed a Kobalt M reconnaissance satellite into a polar orbit.
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First successful flight test of SM-3 Block IB
A SM-3 Block IB interceptor was successfully flight-tested from USS Lake Erie May 9. The interception was also made possible by the Aegis BMD 4.0.1.
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