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Northrop Grumman and the Missile Defense Agency completed a preliminary design review of the Next Generation Interceptor capability one year ahead of schedule. As part of PDR, the Northrop NGI team provided MDA with a full-scale solid rocket motor, avionics, test hardware and other on-site interactive demonstrators for assessment as well as a digital model of the all-up round design in a virtual reality environment, the company said Wednesday.

The Missile Defense Agency had a busy year. From a change in top leadership to flight tests and high honors earned by employees, MDA continues to execute its mission of

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“[It] is an incremental path. There is no end state,” according to MDA chief Vice Adm. Jon Hill, who noted the military would "beautify" incoming platforms to make them more palatable to locals.

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un displayed his latest assets to protect his reign: quick-strike missiles that can carry a nuclear warhead to the US and a preteen daughter who ensures his family's continuous rule over the dynasty forged in the Cold War

"I would say the United States should prove to ourselves that we can shoot something down before we buy more of a thing," said DoD Assistant Secretary for Space Policy John Plumb. "So, fly before you buy, if fly includes shooting a missile down to prove that it works."

China has announced the first second successful mid-course ABM test in many years Read Full Article at RT.com

Beijing says it merely tested a "space vehicle." Here's what the experts have to say.