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A Sabre short-range ballistic missile launches in June 2017 at White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico, for a test of the Patriot Advanced Capability-3 (PAC-3) Missile Segment Enhancement, an advanced missile defense system. Hypersonic missiles might be able to penetrate PAC-3 and similar systems.

US successfully conducts test to intercept missile via ship for first time

Mike Brest · November 17, 2020 2:01 pm

This image made from video broadcasted by North Korea's KRT, shows a military parade with what appears to be possible new intercontinental ballistic missile at the Kim Il Sung Square in Pyongyang, Saturday, Oct. 10, 2020.

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Japan says it will strengthen missile defense after North Korean military parade

Zach Halaschak · October 14, 2020 12:27 am

This picture released by the official website of the Iranian Defense Ministry on Thursday, Aug. 20, 2020, shows the "Martyr Abu Mahdi" missile in an undisclosed location in Iran. Iran unveiled two new missiles on Thursday â National Defense Industry Day in Iran. They are named after top Iranian Gen. Qassem Soleimani and Iraqi militia leader Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, who were killed outside Baghdad's international airport in a U.S. strike in January. The Persian writing in the missile reads: the "Martyr Abu Mahdi" missile.

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Iran reveals new missiles named after Soleimani and Iraqi militia leader killed in US drone strike

Zach Halaschak · August 20, 2020 9:45 pm

This undated photo provided by the Ukrainian Presidential Press Office, shows the wreckage of the Ukraine International Airlines Boeing 737-800 at the scene of the crash in Shahedshahr, southwest of the capital Tehran, Iran.

Iran to send black boxes of downed Ukrainian plane to France and discuss compensation for families of victims

Zach Halaschak · June 22, 2020 8:24 pm

In this Saturday, Sept. 14, 2019 file photo made from a video broadcast on the Saudi-owned Al-Arabiya satellite news channel, a man walks through a parking lot as the smoke from a fire at the Abqaiq oil processing facility can be seen behind him in Buqyaq, Saudi Arabia.

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UN: Missiles used in attacks on Saudi Arabia airport and oil facility came from Iran

Zach Halaschak · June 12, 2020 7:19 pm

The Patriot weapons system is deployed.

US moving Patriot anti-missile systems from Saudi Arabia as Iran tensions ease

Zach Halaschak · May 7, 2020 9:56 pm

Beltway Confidential

Preparing to fight China, the new imperial Japan, Marines look for victory in 1940s roots

Tom Rogan · March 27, 2020 8:31 pm

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani is seen.

Iranian president: Trump worries war with Iran will ‘ruin’ 2020 chances

Zach Halaschak · February 17, 2020 5:35 pm

US warship seizes large missile shipment from Iran thought to be bound for Yemen rebels

Zach Halaschak · February 13, 2020 9:39 pm

U.S. Soldiers stand amid damage at a site of Iranian bombing at Ain al-Asad air base, in Anbar, Iraq, Monday, Jan. 13, 2020. Ain al-Asad air base was struck by a barrage of Iranian missiles on Wednesday, in retaliation for the U.S. drone strike that killed atop Iranian commander, Gen. Qassem Soleimani, whose killing raised fears of a wider war in the Middle East.

More US troops flown out of Iraq for ‘potential injuries’ from Iran missile attacks

Zach Halaschak · January 22, 2020 4:00 am

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Canada providing $25,000 to families of those killed in Iran crash

Zach Halaschak · January 17, 2020 9:05 pm

Iran's test of a new-generation missile has fueled fears it may be able to defeat Israel's anti-missile defenses.Â (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

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Fake Pentagon letter saying US troops died in airstrike is Iranian propaganda, analysts say

Russ Read · January 16, 2020 7:57 pm