Hans M. Kristensen from the Federation of American Scientists analyzed the Pentagon’s latest annual report on Chinese military developments to sift out information on China’s nuclear forces.
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Chinese scholars say arming Japan with Tomahawks will threaten East Asia
Chinese researchers have rebutted an oped piece on USNI News that suggests supplying Tomahawk cruise missiles to Japan. Chinese experts said that the AGM-109 would pose a threat to other countries in East Asia.
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Belgium F-16s to pound ISIL in Syria
Belgium’s government announced that it will being to conduct airstrikes against ISIL in Syria on May 13.
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ISIL’s Air Force – carrier pigeons
A carrier pigeon used by ISIL to deliver message to a Jordanian has been seized by the authorities, the Jordanian border guard announced on May 4.
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Sentinel-1A satellite maps out North Korea’s nuclear test site
Sentinel-1A, a European radar imaging satellite launched in 2014, has mapped out the surface of the test site in North Korea where it conducted an underground nuclear bomb test in January.
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