A researcher with the U.S. Congressional Research Service said North Korea is only one or two years away from building a nuclear warhead for missiles.
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Category: Space
Beidou Navigation System started operations
China’s Beidou Navigation System has started providing services in China and its surrounding regions.
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U.S. gives Israel $235m for David’s Sling and Arrow 3
The United States has agreed to give Israel $235 million for the David’s Sling and Arrow 3 program.
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Men who built the KH-9 HEXAGON “Big Bird”
As the KH-9 spy satellite program was declassified this year, men who had worked on the program could finally share their stories.
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Soyuz-2 failed to put Russian military communications satellite into space
A Russian Meridian military communications satellite failed to reach space orbit on Dec. 23 when its rocket apparently failed.
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