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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Category: Space
Gaofen-3 has transmitted back its first set of radar images
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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Russia has deployed satellite navigation jamming system
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 Korean KN-11 flew 500km towards Japan
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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Lockheed Martin could offer unmanned U-2 for MDA laser weapon demo
The U.S. Missile Defense Agency plans to send an unmanned aircraft into the stratosphere sometime in 2020-2021 and attempt to shot down a ballistic missile in its boost-phase using an electrical laser. Lockheed Martin says a unmanned version of the U-2 might be a suitable platform for that.
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By U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Rose Reynolds [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
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