Space
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SpaceTHAAD Missile Defense System Obliterates Scud-Type Target In Test
The Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) ballistic missile defense (BMD) system annihilated a target missile outside the atmosphere, the fourth winning intercept for THAAD and the 31st successful target […]
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SpaceInternational Space Station Gains A Room In Galactic Home Addition
Space Shuttle Discovery Heat Shield OK, Cleared For Reentry The International Space Station (ISS) is growing with the addition of a new room, a sort of connecting chamber that eventually […]
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SpacePutin Likens Missile Defense In Europe To Soviet Offensive Missiles In Cuba
Russian President Vladimir Putin equated U.S. proposals to install a missile defensive system in Europe to Soviet Union attempts in 1962 to install offensive nuclear-tipped intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs) in […]
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SpaceMDA Sets Ground Test Of Many BMD Systems Beginning This Week
The Missile Defense Agency (MDA) will begin a ground test involving many U.S. ballistic missile defense (BMD) systems, plus input from allied nations, MDA announced. The test will include all […]
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SpaceNorth Korean Nuclear Facilities Dangerous, Primitive, But Still Produce Weapons
North Korean nuclear facilities are dangerous, primitive and expose humans to radiation, but they still pose a threat in empowering the isolated nation to produce nuclear weapons, according to a […]
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SpaceDiscovery To Lift Off At 11:38 A.M. Tomorrow With Acceptable Risk
Space Shuttle Discovery will launch at 11:38 a.m. ET tomorrow from Pad 39A at Kennedy Space Center (KSC) in a flight that may not be completely safe, but will have […]
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SpaceRocketplane Kistler Ousted From COTS; New Competition Announced Today
Rocketplane Kistler lost its deal to develop rocket transportation to haul cargo to the International Space Station (ISS), and NASA will open new competition for companies wishing to share in […]
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SpaceAmerica, Israel Cooperate To Develop Defense Against Short-Range Missiles
Barak, On U.S. Tour, Visits With U.S. Defense Chief Gates A new American-Israeli joint development program aims to produce a missile defense capability that would be effective against long-range threats, […]
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SpaceChina Will Attack U.S. Space Assets In Any War; Pentagon Must Field Defenses
China will drop its adherence to rules barring war in space, in any future conflict with the United States, and attack U.S. space assets, so American forces need to field […]