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North Korea claims to have 'smaller, lighter' nuclear weapons
SEOUL -- In what is becoming a daily ritual, North Korea has threatened the United States, saying it is prepared to strike with “smaller, lighter and diversified” nuclear weapons. The statement from the North Korean military, relayed early...Tags: Kim Jong Un, Nuclear Weapons, Politics, Nuclear Policy, Unrest, Conflicts and War
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U.S. moves to protect Guam amid 'clear danger' from North Korea
WASHINGTON — The Pentagon said Wednesday that it was sending a mobile missile defense system to Guam as a "precautionary move," as Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel said North Korea posed a "real and clear danger" to the U.S. military base on the...Tags: U.S. Military, Military Equipment, Defense, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Weaponry
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Korean tensions prompt U.S. to beef up defense of Guam
WASHINGTON—The Pentagon said Wednesday that it is sending a mobile missile defense system to Guam as a "precautionary move," as Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel said North Korea posed a "real and clear danger" to the U.S. military base on the western...Tags: U.S. Military, Military Equipment, Defense, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Weaponry
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North Korea vows to expand nuclear arsenal, signaling end of talks
SEOUL — Escalating the stakes of a standoff with Washington and its allies, North Korea is signaling that it will abandon two decades of negotiations to constrain its nuclear program and will close the door on any deal over its atomic weapons and...Tags: Beijing (China), Emergency Incidents, Defense Equipment, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Nuclear Power
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North Korea fires another projectile off eastern coast
North Korea fired a projectile into waters off its eastern coast Sunday, a day after launching three short-range missiles in the same area, officials said. North Korea routinely test-launches short-range missiles. But the latest launches came during a...
Tags: Joint Chiefs of Staff, Defense, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Military Equipment, Petroleum Industry
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Letters: Missile defense, again
Re "What would Reagan do?," Opinion, March 28 Graham Allison asserts that after spending $150 billion over 30 years on missile defense, the objection that destroying a missile with another missile is impossible has been largely overcome. But later, he...Tags: Defense, Health Insurance Cost, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Weaponry
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Bright Minds: Danielle Hilliard, air and missile defense
“The combat system is the brain that helps you fire ‘the bullet,’ which is actually an extremely complex missile,” Danielle Hilliard says of her highly technical job in air and missile defense. She uses simple visual images to...
Tags: Clarksville, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Tuskegee University, Engineering, NASA
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'Star Wars' today: What would Reagan do?
President Reagan stunned fellow citizens and the world 30 years ago this month with a dramatic announcement that the United States would develop and deploy a system capable of intercepting and destroying strategic ballistic missiles. Like President...
Tags: Defense, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Moscow (Russia), Iran, Henry Kissinger
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Syrian regime troops score gains, push into strategic rebel-held town near Lebanon
Associated PressBEIRUT (AP) — Syrian troops pushed into a rebel-held town near the Lebanese border on Sunday, fighting house-to-house and bombing from the air as President Bashar Assad tried to strengthen his grip on a strategic strip of land running from the...Tags: Al-Qaeda, Government, Turkey, Elections, Science and Technology
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North Korea threatens attacks on U.S., Guam, South Korea
This post has been updated. See the note below for details.SEOUL -- In the latest in a series of escalating threats, North Korea's top command announced Tuesday that it has put its artillery and strategic rocket units under what it called "No. 1 combat readiness," targeting the U.S. mainland, Hawaii, Guam and...Tags: U.S. Military, Kim Jong Un, Park Geun-hye, Military Equipment, Petroleum Industry
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Alaska D.C. Delegation Reacts to Ft. Greely Missile Plans Due to North Korea
Channel 2 NewsThe Pentagon announced on Friday plans to strengthen its missile defense system with Ft. Greely on deck to see a significant increase due to the potential threats from North Korea. Alaska’s D.C. delegation, Rep. Don Young and Sens. Mark Begich...Tags: Don Young, Defense, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Weaponry
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In signal to allies and N. Korea, U.S. to add missile interceptors
WASHINGTON -- The Pentagon intends to add 14 interceptors to a missile defense site in Alaska by 2017 in an unusual move to beef up U.S. defenses after recent threats by North Korea’s new leadership to carry out a nuclear strike, according to...Tags: Military Equipment, Defense, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Weaponry, U.S. Department of Defense
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