Stoke Space has announced the first successful hot-fire test of an engine designed for its upcoming reusable rocket. The Kent, Washington-based company tested its new full-flow, staged-combustion (FFSC) rocket engine on June 5 at the company’s test site in Moses Lake, Washington. Photos from the test show the engine kicking up a large plume of […]
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US test-fires two unarmed Minuteman III nuclear weapons
The U.S. military test-fired two unarmed Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missiles this week, with the Air Force noting they were not driven by “current world events.” The tests, which involved the Air Force and Space Force, took place June 4 and June 6 from Vandenberg Space Force Base, California, Air Force Global Strike Command noted […]
North Korea test-fires ballistic missiles day after US and South Korea jet drill
North Korea fired ballistic missiles off its east coast on Friday, South Korea’s military said, a day after South Korea and the US flew powerful fighter jets for a joint drill that the North views as a major security threat. South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff said the launches were made from the North’s east […]
North Korea test-fires ballistic missile day after US and South Korea jet drill
North Korea fired a ballistic missile off its east coast on Friday, South Korea’s military said, a day after South Korea and the US flew powerful fighter jets for a joint drill that the North views as a major security threat. A statement from South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff gave no further details about […]
Pakistan test-fires a new rocket system developed by its military, the army says
ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan’s military said it successfully test-fired Wednesday a short-range, indigenously developed rocket system meant to boost its ability to deter any offensive action from archenemy and neighbor India. According to a military statement, the Fatah-II Guided Rocket System has a range of 400 kilometers (240 miles), as well as a state-of-the-art navigation […]