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Topic: intercontinental ballistic missiles

This photo provided by the Defense Department's Missile Defense Agency, taken Jan. 28, 2016, shows a long-range ground-based interceptor is launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif. As North Korea rattles its nuclear saber and threatens to bomb the U.S. at “any moment,” a nerve-jangling question hangs in the air: If North Korea did launch a nuclear-armed missile at an American city, could the Pentagon’s missile defenses shoot it down beyond U.S. shores? (Defense Department's Missile Defense Agency via AP) (AP)

The great missile defense con

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(AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)

North Korea relies on Russia

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