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Japan is planning to boost the number of intelligence gathering satellites in operation from the current four to eight by fiscal 2023.
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Analysts in South Korea are divided on whether North Korea will test a long-range rocket on Oct. 12, which marks the founding of the ruling Workers’ Party.
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Handicapped by its current missile testing instrumentation facilities which are land-based, India is in the process of designing a 10,000 tonne ship that is capable of launching missiles at further distances.
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Iran has unveiled a new short-range solid fuel ballistic missile, Fateh 313. The new missile is an upgrade of the Fateh 110, giving it a range of 500 km.
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U.S. officials are worried that it’ll be more difficult to detect future launches of North Korean missiles and rockets at its Sohae missile and space launch facility as the country had dug out an extensive tunnel network surrounding the facility.
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