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T-AGM-25 and RC-135S being readied for possible North Korean missile test next month

Posted on February 18, 2021February 18, 2021 by alert5

South Korea’s JoongAng Ilbo newspaper says the U.S. military is preparing for a possible North Korean missile test next month by relocating its missile tracking assets in the north Pacific.

Oregon National Guard/Staff Sgt. Jason van Mourik, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

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Loading of RS-24 ICBM into silo

Posted on January 6, 2021January 6, 2021 by alert5

The Russian Ministry of Defense has published a video showing the loading of a RS-24 nuclear armed intercontinental ballistic missile into a silo at Kozelsk.

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France sending its most capable optical spy satellite into space today

Posted on December 28, 2020December 28, 2020 by alert5

France is launching its CSO 2 spy satellite into space from its Guiana Space Center in South America today.

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Japan to attempt launch of military communications satellite today

Posted on November 29, 2020November 29, 2020 by alert5

Japan will attempt to launch a military communications satellite today that will relay data collected by its optical and radar-imaging reconnaissance satellites.

By Naritama (Own work) [CC BY-SA 4.0], via Wikimedia Commons

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Two C-17s were assigned as search-and-rescue aircraft for SpaceX’s manned mission

Posted on November 21, 2020November 21, 2020 by alert5

Two C-17s were fitted with the Lightweight Airborne Radio System (LARS), a radio to locate and recover personnel in denied territory, during SpaceX’s manned mission to the International Space Station.

U.S. Space Force Capt. Richard Burges, Task Force 45 Support Operations Center training officer and military liaison, connects a Lightweight Airborne Radio System to a C-17 Globemaster III November 13, 2020, at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii. The aircraft was prepped for a contingency rescue operation, ready to rescue the first full crew of astronauts as they traveled to the International Space Station through NASA’s Commercial Crew Program. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Senior Airman John Linzmeier)

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