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Ground-based Midcourse Defense (GMD) interceptor, launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base on Jan. 28, successfully demonstrated the effectiveness of its new Capability Enhancement-II Exoatmospheric Kill Vehicle (EKV).
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Photo: Missile Defense Agency
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Iran has supplied Syria with a new type of unmanned aerial vehicle, Bellingcat concludes. Iran is believed to have supplied the Shahed-123 UAV which is easily identified from its landing skids.
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Source: Bellingcat
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Marine Corps Times found out that the commanding officer of HMM-463 was removed from his post just three days before a deadly accident that saw the lost of two CH-53s and twelve Marines.
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The commander of U.S. Pacific Command, Adm. Harry B. Harris Jr., says he has made the “case known to the Navy that [the U.S.] have to improve [its] ability to ‘out-stick’ the Chinese” anti-ship missile threat.
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An Oped on Global Times has warned South Korea not to allow the United States to deploy the THAAD air defense missile system in the country.
