China is working on developing its own version of the X-37B spaceplane but the Chinese version will take off from a conventional runway.
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Pentagon has classified missile defense flight test schedules
The public will no longer know about future flight tests of U.S. ballistic missile defense systems and components after the Pentagon decided to classify the information starting from this year.
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Japan sends another optical spy satellite into orbit
Japan successfully sent its IGS Optical 6 satellite into space from the Tanegashima Space Center on Feb. 27 using a H-2A rocket.
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Russia has completed development of airborne anti-satellite laser weapon
Russia is said to have completed the development of a laser weapon that is capable of targeting satellites.
By US Missile Defense Agency [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
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Did North Korea stole blueprints for Hyunmoo-2?
South Korea’s opposition party has accused North Korea of stealing the designs of the Hyunmoo-2 ballistic missile. During a military parade on Feb. 8 in Pyongyang, North Korea unveiled a short-range ballistic missile similar to the South’s Hyunmoo-2.
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