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India to test fire K-4 SLBM on Jan. 31

Posted on January 24, 2017January 24, 2017 by alert5

India is making preparations to test fire its K-4 submarine-launch ballistic missile (K-4) on Jan. 31.

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DOT&E says GMD still has limited capability to defend the U.S. Homeland

Posted on January 14, 2017January 13, 2017 by alert5

In its annual report, the Director, Operational Test and Evaluation (DOT&E) says its assessment of the Ground-based Midcourse Defense (GMD) system remain unchanged and has “a limited capability to defend the U.S. Homeland from small numbers of simple intermediate-range or intercontinental ballistic missile threats launched from North Korea or Iran.”

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X-37B OTV-4 has spent more than 600 days in orbit

Posted on January 12, 2017 by alert5

The current OTV-4 mission of the X-37B space plane has cross the 600 days mark and if it still orbits the Earth after Mar. 23, it will break the previous record set by OTV-3.

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Russia’s Strategic Missile Troops switching to all digital communications by 2020

Posted on January 9, 2017 by alert5

The Russian Defense Ministry says the Strategic Missile Troops – the branch that controls Russia’s land-based intercontinental ballistic missiles – is on course to using a digital communication network by 2020.

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