Aviation News
Israel sent its newest reconnaissance satellite, Ofek-11, into space on Sept. 13 using its indigenous Shavit rocket from the Palmachim Air Base on Sept. 13. However, within hours, the satellite transmitted back home that it had developed some sort of malfunction.
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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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