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Chinese President Xi Jinping launched three new military units during a ceremony at the PLA headquarters in Beijing on Dec. 31. One of the units, the PLA Rocket Force, will replace the Second Artillery Corps.
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For four years, starting from 2009, the U.S. Missile Defense Agency spent $231 million trying to develop a new-class of space satellites that would detect missile launches and track warheads in flight with great precision.
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French newspaper La Tribune reported on Dec. 23 that Paris and Cairo had failed to reach an agreement over the sale of two military satellites.
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U.S. spy satellites noticed that China had carried out a canister ejection test of a DF-41 ICBM from a rail car mobile launcher on Dec. 5.
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In a documentary aired on Russian state television, President Vladimir Putin says Russia will continue to develop nuclear weapons but doesn’t intend to use them.
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