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Russia’s Altay Optical Laser Center, a satellite tracking facility in Siberia, has released photographs of the Lacrosse 5 radar imaging reconnaissance satellite.
Photo: Altay Optical Laser Center
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U.S. combatant commanders around the world have been requesting for more BMD-capable cruisers and destroyers in the past few years. However, the U.S. Navy will soon be unable to meet those requests.
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By U.S. Navy photo [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
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Over the next decade, Japan will embark on a mission to build up its space assets in order to enhance the U.S.-Japan alliance and to contain China.
By Naritama (Own work) [CC BY-SA 4.0], via Wikimedia Commons
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A L.A. Times report concluded that the Sea-Based X-Band Radar (SBX-1) had failed to achieve its original goals.
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By U.S. Department of Defense photo [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
Russian Defense Ministry announced it will launch the first of a new series of missile early warning satellite in the second half of this year.
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