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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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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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The U.S. Air Force should look at the Dream Chaser as an alternative to the Boeing X-37B, Sierra Nevada Corporation says.
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Commander of U.S. Air Force Space Command, Gen. John Hyten, revealed that the two Geosynchronous Space Situational Awareness Program satellites in orbit have started taking photos of other satellites operating in geosynchronous orbit.
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Source: U.S. Air Force
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A Russian general told radio RSN that his country’s space monitoring system has no problem tracking the location of the X-37B in real-time.
By United States Air Force [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
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