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Ground-based Midcourse Defense (GMD) interceptor, launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base on Jan. 28, successfully demonstrated the effectiveness of its new Capability Enhancement-II Exoatmospheric Kill Vehicle (EKV).
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Photo: Missile Defense Agency
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There has been an increase in activity at North Korea’s Tongchang-ri missile test site in the north western part of the country, 38 North reports.
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India plans to set up a satellite tracking and data reception centre in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam and analysts are saying that the facility will allow India to monitor Chinese military activities that are far from its border with China.
By Ben Eenhoorn from Perth, Australia (Flickr) [CC BY 2.0], via Wikimedia Commons
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Back in 2014, former U.S. Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel commissioned a review of the entire U.S. nuclear force by a group of nuclear weapons experts. The review started in March and it was during that period when an accident at F.E. Warren Air Force Base resulted in $1.8 million in damage to a Minuteman missile. Air Force Global Strike Command now said the review team was not told of the accident.
By Staff Sgt. Jonathan Snyder [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
The U.S. Air Force has released a redacted report into an accident F.E. Warren Air Force Base on May 16, 2014 which resulted in $1.8 million in damage to a nuclear-tipped Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile.
By Staff Sgt. Jonathan Snyder [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
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