Space Program
Science & Technology
Republic of Korea Successfully Launches Naro Space Rocket
South Korea successfully launched its first-ever space rocket, the Naro, according to Lee Ju-ho, minister of education, science and technology. The Korea Aerospace Research Institute announced the Korea Space Launch Vehicle-1 (KSLV-1) – or Naro – deployed its payload, the Science and Technology Satellite-2C and placed it into orbit above the Earth. South Korea’s 2009 and […]
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Science & Technology
The PRC’s Shenlong (‘Divine Dragon’) Space Plane and the Pentagon’s Assessment of China’s Military Space Program
- May 12, 2012
- Asia
- China
- China 2030
- China's Military
- China's Space Program
- Chinese Military Power
- Chinese Space Program
- Chinese Technology
- Cold War
- Communist Party of China
- Defense budget
- Department of Defense
- Divine Dragon
- East Asia
- H6-K
- Military of the People's Republic of China report
- Pentagon
- People's Liberation Army
- People's Republic of China
- PRC
- Rise of China
- Shenlong
- Soviet Military Report
- Space plane
- Space Program
- United States
The Pentagon produces an annual report about the People’s Republic of China’s military with regard to its capabilities in space. This report is similar to a Cold War-era document published by the Department of Defense titled Soviet Military Power (SMP), a mix of propaganda showing photographs and illustrations of future Soviet weaponry as well as a […]
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