Aviation News
The Dream Chaser cargo spacecraft from Sierra Nevada Corporation (SNC) was selected by NASA last week to deliver material to the International Space Station (ISS) from 2019. The mini-shuttle with its slated wing configuration was an idea borrowed from the Soviet BOR lifting bodies.
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The folks over at the James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies at the Middlebury Institute of International Studies analyzed the recent Submarine Launched Ballistic Missile (SLBM) tested shown on North Korean television last week and they concluded that the test was a failure and Pyongyang had manipulated the video in an attempt to show the launch of the KN-11 was a success.
Russia’s Strategic Missile Troops will be kept busy this year as they will have to carry out 16 intercontinental ballistic missile tests this year.
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Russia’s Strategic Missile Forces will switch to a new integrated automated battle management system for its command centers.
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Rambler News Service reported on Jan. 3 that Russia will send at least one new-generation missile defense early warning satellite to detect missile launches this year.
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