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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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Israeli firm, ImageSat International (iSi), has published photos of two Iskander transloaders out in the open at Hmeymin airbase in Syria.
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A recent Voice of America article suggested that North Korea has built itself a missile silo at Pumyong-dong. The folks at 38 North did their own analysis and concluded that there is no missile silo there.
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During his annual New Year’s Day speech, North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has said the country is close to testing an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM).
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According to Yomiuri Shimbun, U.S. Navy Aegis destroyers deployed in Japan have been stepping in to plug gaps in Japan’s missile defense shield from time to time since autumn.
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