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June 23, 2014

US missile defense system strikes target in test
Washington (AFP) June 23, 2014
The Boeing-managed ground-based system intended to shield the continental United States successfully intercepted a simulated incoming missile over the Pacific Ocean for the first time Sunday, the Pentagon said. The Ground-based Midcourse Defense (GMD) system, with a $40 billion price tag, aims to protect against long-range ballistic missiles from so-called rogue states such as North Korea and Iran. But government records show it has failed a series of tests. President Barack Obama's administrati ... read more

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Iraqis seek shelter from battles and privation On a dusty patch of land off a highway in northern Iraq, Faisal watches his three-week-old son cry in the tent that is now his home. ... more		Maliki's Iraq: Kerry's new diplomatic mission impossible Secretary of State John Kerry this weekend plunges back into the tumultuous Middle East seeking to overcome sectarian divisions in Iraq amid US frustration with Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki. ... more		DAMPE space telescope finds universal spectral feature that narrows field on cosmic ray origins ThinKom Develops Self-Funded Mobile HPM Weapon to Counter Drone Swarms Planet and Carbon Mapper Plan SWIR-Only Tanager Satellite for Wider Methane Detection		US vets anguished as militants advance in Iraq American veterans have watched the lightning advance of Sunni extremists in Iraq with anguish, prompting them to wonder if their sacrifices in combat were for nothing as the country plunges into sectarian bloodshed. ... more
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