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Japan Experimenting with the Deployment of Drones for Missile Interception

The Japanese Self Defense Forces are exploring the use of drones in early missile launch detection and interception. The idea was spurred by the failure of North Korea to launch its missile in April. The current Japanese early warning system, an array of systems comprised of satellites, aegis cruisers, and ground based radar, was unable […]

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Russian Ambassador to NATO Dmitri Rogozin Asks for UK’s Help with Proposed Missile Defense Shield.

Russian ambassador to NATO Dmitri Rogozin has been making the rounds to the alliance’s member states in an effort to persuade them to pressure the U.S. to change its stance with regard to the proposed European missile defense shield. In London last Friday, Rogozin tried to persuade the U.K. to use its special relationship with […]

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