Russia Designs New Types Of Intercontinental Missiles -- Space Daily/Voice of Russia
Russia and China are working to modernize their strategic defence capabilities. However, they have chosen different approaches to replacing their key heavy missiles, notes Vasily Kashin, an expert at the Centre for Strategy and Technology Analysis, who compares the latest steps taken by the two countries to increase their missile defence potential.
Sergey Karakaev, commander of Russia's Strategic Missile Forces, announced that Russia is currently designing a minimum of two new types of intercontinental ballistic missile. According to mass media sources, one of the two projects is a giant liquid fuelled rocket called Sarmat, which is to replace the Soviet RS-36M "Voyevoda" system, better known by its Western name "Satan".
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Iran test-fires missiles near Strait of Hormuz -- Stars and Stripes/AP
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Israel’s Supreme Court reduces military whistleblower’s sentence -- Washington Post/AP
China adds destroyers to marine surveillance: Report -- Economic Times
Taiwan Plans to Upgrade About 60 Fighter Jets in 2013 -- Defense News/AFP
India Receives Second Russia-Built Stealth Missile Frigate -- RIA Novosti
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Russia's Ex-Deputy Defense Minister Kobets Dies -- RIA Novosti
Ukraine To End Compulsory Military Service in 2013 -- Radio Free Europe
UN peacekeepers exit East Timor -- Al Jazeera
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Training expansion on hold for B-1, B-52 bombers -- Stars and Stripes/AP
AF told to study rate of UAV pilots’ promotions -- Air Force Times
Navy issues hurry-up order to equip MQ-8 Fire Scout unmanned helicopter with maritime surveillance radar -- Avionics
Pentagon Looks to Fix ‘Pervasive Vulnerability’ in Drones -- Danger Room
Launchers turned in to LAPD were from military -- Air Force Times/AP
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Army gets geographical command, at last -- Washington Times
Declassified CIA documents shed light on secret Navy mission in Cold War -- Stars and Stripes/The Honolulu Star-Advertiser
Military Must Prep Now for ‘Mutant’ Future, Researchers Warn -- Danger Room
Soaring cost of military drugs could hurt budget -- Statesman.com
The Military’s Dirty Secret -- New York Times editorial
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