This photo of a JL-2 submarine-launched ballistic missile (SLBM) won a prize in the PLA photo competition. It is the clearest image of the nuclear-tipped intercontinental-range missile so far.
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U.S. Navy to conduct first ballistic missile defense test in Europe
The U.S. Navy will attempt to intercept an unarmed ballistic missile fired from a U.K. range near Scotland later this month.
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Iran test-fired new ballistic missile in defiance of nuclear accord
Iran on Oct. 11 test-fired a new long-range ballistic missile, named Emad. This is the first such test by Iran since it signed a nuclear accord with six world powers in July.
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NORAD commander: North Korea capable of nuclear missile strike on U.S.
Admiral Bill Gortney, the commander of North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD), told an event hosted by the Atlantic Council that the Obama administration believes North Korea has nuclear-tipped missiles that can reach the mainland U.S.A.
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Dream Chaser as an alternative to X-37B
The U.S. Air Force should look at the Dream Chaser as an alternative to the Boeing X-37B, Sierra Nevada Corporation says.
By Ken Ulbrich [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
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