Aviation News
The DoD’s chief weapons buyer Frank Kendall told U.S. Air Force Secretary Deborah James in a memo on Aug. 23 that a new intercontinental ballistic missile to replace the Minuteman III will cost at least $85 billion to develop and field.
By A1C Yvonne Morales [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
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Someone with the nick, Rambo54, pointed out that a TerraServer satellite image on Jul. 1 had captured the Iskander-M mobile short-range ballistic missile system out in the open at Hmeimim Air Base, Syria.
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The Chinese Gaofen-3 radar imaging satellite has transmitted back its first set of images taken with its 1-meter resolution Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR).
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Russian newspaper Izvestiya disclosed that a new satellite navigation jamming system dubbed POLE-21 is now operational.
By USAF [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
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North Korea conducted a new test of its KN-11 submarine-launched ballistic missile today and the missile flew 500km towards the direction of Japan.
Photo: Rodong News
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