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Stanford University’s Siegfried Hecker, a prominent U.S. scientist who is believed to have been the last Westerner to visit North Korea’s Yongbyon nuclear complex, said North Korea would need to carry out at least one more nuclear test in order to develop a nuclear missile.
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Director of the U.S. Defense Intelligence Agency, Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn, said China has deployed its new DF-21D ASBM along its southern coast facing Taiwan.
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The Royal Air Force of Oman’s C-130 upgrade program will use Rockwell Collins’ Flight2 avionics system.
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VMFA-251 was named Marine Fighter Attack Squadron of the Year by the Marine Corps Aviation Association, Apr. 1.
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The U.S. Air Force’s last four MC-130E Combat Talon I’s flew for the last mission at Duke Field on Apr. 15.
U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Samuel King Jr.
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