Russia's new aerospace defense system will ensure guaranteed detection of enemy ballistic and long-range cruise missiles at blastoff, a top military official said Tuesday.

 

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's speech to the United Nations General Assembly last September demonstrated the extent to which public awareness of the foreign policy debate has changed thanks to social media.

 

U.S. Representative Earl Blumenauer (D-Ore.) has introduced an amendment to a House funding bill that would shift tens of millions of dollars from a controversial mixed-oxide conversion facility to U.S. programs that seek to secure vulnerable weapons of mass destruction materials all over the world, his office announced on Tuesday. 

 

If the United States and its partners are to take advantage of whatever opportunity may exist post-election, they need to move quickly to review and adjust their own approach.

 

Satellite imagery of the Sohae Satellite Launching Station (also referred to as Tongchang-ri), where North Korea conducted two long-range rocket launches in 2012, indicates that Pyongyang tested a rocket engine in late March/early April 2013. 

 

The U.S. Air Force National Air and Space Intelligence Center (NASIC) has published its long-awaited update to the Ballistic and Cruise Missile Threat report.