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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India, Philippines buying imagery, SAR satellite data from South Korea
South Korea has secured two deals with India and Philippines to sell imagery and Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) images taken by its satellites.
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Hawaii getting missile tracking radar
U.S. Pacific Command, Adm. Harry Harris, told the House Armed Services Committee this week that a radar that can track ballistic missiles will be up and running in Hawaii by 2023.
By Rafael Matsunaga (Flickr: Sea-based X-band radar @ Pearl Harbor) [CC BY 2.0], via Wikimedia Commons
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