ICBM Current Affairs, GK & News

Russia Conducts Another Test for ICBM Sarmat Missile

March 31, 2018

Russia has successfully test fired its latest nuclear Inter Continental Ballistic Missile (ICBM) RS-28 Sarmat. This missile can carry an array of warheads capable of dodging missile defenses. The test was carried out at the Plesetsk Cosmodrome, as spaceport in the west of Russia, close to the Arctic Circle. The ICBM Sarmat has the capacity to ..

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US calls for new U.N. sanctions against N.Korea 

July 6, 2017

The United States has decided to present a draft resolution in the U.N. Security Council aimed at imposing new sanctions on North Korea as it has successfully launched its first intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM). Salient Highlights An emergency meeting of the UNSC was called by the United States, Japan and South Korea to agree on a ..

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North Korea claims successful test of its first intercontinental missile  

July 5, 2017

North Korea has claimed that it has successfully test-fired its first intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) Hwasong-14 into waters near Sea of Japan. The claim was confirmed by United States. The launch appeared to be North Korea’s most successful missile test since its ballistic missile programme gathered pace in the late 1990s. The successful test also ..

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US for the First Time Successfully Tests ICBM Defense System

May 31, 2017

United States for the first time has successfully tested its defence system against an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM). During the test, a ground based interceptor launched from the California air base had shot down a mock intercontinental ballistic missile target which was fired from the Reagan Test Site in the Marshall Islands. A rocket from the Ground-based Midcourse Defence ..

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