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Contractors expect USAF to call for proposals on new ICBM later this year

Posted on July 12, 2015July 12, 2015 by alert5

Defense contractors are gearing up for the U.S. Air Force to call for proposals on a new intercontinental ballistic missile system later this fall.

By United States Air Force [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
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Russia expected to launch missile early-warning satellite in November

Posted on July 2, 2015 by alert5

At the moment, Russia does not have any early-warning satellite in geosynchronous orbit to warn of a missile attack. This is set to change in November when the first EKS satellite is launch into space.

“Minuteman3launch“. Licensed under Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons.

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Putin: Russia to add more than 40 ICBMs this year

Posted on June 17, 2015June 17, 2015 by alert5

Russian President Vladimir Putin said at an arms fair west of Moscow on Jun. 16 that Russia intends to add more than 40 new intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBM) this year.

By Vitaly V. Kuzmin (http://vitalykuzmin.net/?q=node/59) [CC BY-SA 3.0 or CC BY-SA 3.0], via Wikimedia Commons
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