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The U.S. Navy and Missile Defense Agency (MDA) conducted the second successful flight test of the SM-3 Block IIA interceptor at the U.S. Navy’s Point Mugu Sea Range on Dec. 8.
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The Ballistic Missile Defense test at Wake Island on Oct. 31 was more sophisticated than thought.
Photo: Missile Defense Agency
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Russia attempted to launch two military satellites into orbit on Dec. 5 from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome in northern Russia. One of the payloads onboard the Soyuz 2-1v rocket seems to have failed to deploy from the upper stage.
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Former U.S. Defense Secretary William Perry said that United States was on “the brink of a new nuclear arms race” and the government should not invest in developing an alternative to the Minuteman intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM).
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U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Ian Dudley
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The Pentagon’s chief arms buyer said he is “very worried” Raytheon’s development of the Global Positioning System Next Generation Operational Control System (GPS OCX) and he wants to take another “deep dive” review of the program.