missiles
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The Futuristic Invisible Wall That Was Supposed To Protect Entire Towns From Missiles In 1959
When you hear about the concept of missile defence in space, your first thought might be Ronald Reagan’s Strategic Defence Initiative, more commonly called Star Wars. But ideas for an invisible missile shield in the sky are much older than the 1980s. As just one example, we have this Sunday comic strip from 1959, which…
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Bulletin Of The Atomic Scientists Study: North Korea’s Missiles Built For Show, Can’t Hit US Mainland Yet
Is the US on the brink of all-out nuclear war with North Korea? Experts say no, probably not. But according to a new technical analysis of North Korea’s missile technology in the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, even if it did come to that, the closest to the heartland Kim Jong Un can strike is…
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That Video Of A Failed Missile Launch Isn’t From North Korea
Have you seen this video of North Korea’s failed missile launch? It’s quite impressive, in that GEE WHIZ EXPLOSIONS! kind of way. But it isn’t from North Korea.
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The British Accidentally Fired A Ballistic Missile At The U.S. And It’s Fine, Everything’s Fine
The British Royal Navy was conducting a test of one of its submarine-launched ballistic missiles last summer, when the damn thing ended up heading straight for the United States. Not the Russians. Not the Chinese. Not ISIS. But the tea and crumpet Brits almost hit the US with a missile.