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U.N., U.S. and Japan Lodge Protests After North Korean ICBM Launch, Russian Ships Near Japan

14 July 2023

North Korean ICBM. KCNA Photo

North Korea launched an Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (ICBM) Wednesday morning that landed in the Sea of Japan, drawing criticisms from the U.S. and the United Nations.

North Korea launched an ICBM, shortly before 10 a.m. local time, from the area near the North Korean capital of Pyongyang, the Japan Ministry of Defense said in a Wednesday release. The ICBM flew for 74 minutes with a flight distance of 1000km and a maximum altitude of 6000km before reaching the...

https://news.usni.org/2023/07/13/u-n-u-s-and-japan-lodge-protests-after-north-korean-icbm-launch-russian-ships-near-japab

Report to Congress on LGM-35A Sentinel Intercontinental Ballistic Missile

16 January 2023

The following is the Congressional Research Service, Defense Primer: LGM-35A Sentinel Intercontinental Ballistic Missile on Jan. 10, 2023.

From the report

The LGM-35A Sentinel is expected to replace the Minuteman III (MMIII) Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (ICBM) in the U.S. nuclear force structure. MMIII has served as the ground-based leg of the U.S. nuclear triad—land-based ballistic missiles, submarine-launched ballistic missiles, and nuclear-capable bombers—since 1970. The Air Force...

https://news.usni.org/2023/01/16/report-to-congress-on-lgm-35a-sentinel-intercontinental-ballistic-missile

Report to Congress on New START Treaty

4 October 2018

The following is the Sept. 27, 2018 Congressional Research Service report, The New START Treaty: Central Limits and Key Provisions.

The United States and Russia signed the New START Treaty on April 8, 2010. After more than 20 hearings, the U.S. Senate gave its advice and consent to ratification on December 22, 2010, by a vote of 71-26. Both houses of the Russian parliament—the Duma and Federation Council—approved the treaty in late January 2011, and it entered into force on February 5, 2011,...

https://news.usni.org/2018/10/04/report-congress-new-start-treaty