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The US put its Ground-based Midcourse Defense (GMD) missile shield to the test in May, firing an intercontinental ballistic missile from the Marshall Islands and knocking it out of the sky with a missile fired from California. The long-planned test vindicated the expensive, complicated effort to defend the US homeland from missile attacks —but there’s still […]
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un promised more small and big “gift packages” for “the US imperialists” while he was pleased to observe the first successful intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) test, according to the North’s official state media. Lauding the DPRK’s scientists and pleased with the fact that Tuesday’s successful launch coincided with Independence Day in […]
The Pentagon has vowed to defend the US and its allies against any possible North Korean threat after Washington confirmed Pyongyang’s claim that it has developed the technology to potentially deliver a nuclear warhead to the US mainland. The Pentagon has concluded that North Korea test-launched an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) that can potentially strike […]
Published time: 26 Jun, 2017 20:39 Edited time: 26 Jun, 2017 20:51 A Russian submarine has successfully launched a missile from the Barents Sea near Norway to a test site in the Kamchatka Peninsula in the Far East, the Russian Defense Ministry reports. “The strategic Borey-class nuclear submarine, Yuri Dolgoruky, has successfully fired the Bulava […]
Published time: 11 Jun, 2017 16:32 N. Korea hinted it may test-fire an ICBM in the near future, state media says, adding that the missile will help Pyongyang tackle the US’ “hostile policy,” as Washington never “dared to go to war with a country that possesses nuclear weapons or ICBMs.” “The series of recent strategic […]
Published time: 31 May, 2017 21:45 Edited time: 31 May, 2017 22:10 The US now has a credible deterrent against intercontinental ballistic missiles, the head of the US Missile Defense Agency said, following the first live-fire successful test of an interceptor against a mock-up ICBM target over the Pacific Ocean. “The intercept of a complex, […]
American missile defense systems haven’t always worked out according to plan, but it’s chalking up a major success right now. The Department of Defense reports that the Ground-based Midcourse Defense portion of its anti-ballistic missile system has managed to shoot down an “ICBM-class” target during a test. The dry run saw a ground-based interceptor rocket […]
As North Korea continues to test ballistic missiles of ever increasing range, the US announced it would attempt the first ever intercept of an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICMB). The test was planned years in advance, according to US officials. The Ground-based Midcourse Defense (GMD) interceptor will be test-fired next Tuesday from the Vandenberg Air Force […]
