Japan’s Kyodo news agency says Tokyo believes Pyongyang might have launched two Rodong ballistic missiles towards Japan simultaneously to confuse early warning missile detection systems. One missile exploded in mid-air.
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JMSDF planes and ships are searching for remnants of North Korean ballistic missile
North Korean Rodong landed in or near Japanese waters
North Korea fired a Rodong single stage, mobile liquid propellant medium range ballistic missile towards Japan today and the main body landed 250km west of Oga Penisular.
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Production engineering phase of B61-12 nuclear bomb life extension program approved
The U.S. National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) has approved the production engineering phase of its B61-12 nuclear warhead life extension program (LEP).
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USAF releases RFPs for LGM-30G and AGM-86 replacements
The U.S Air Force published two requests for proposals to the industry on Jul. 29 for the replacements of the LGM-30G intercontinental ballistic missile and AGM-86 air-launched cruise missiles. Both weapons are nuclear-armed.
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