Russia’s Krunichev Space Research and Development Center announced Wednesday the end of the manufacturing line for the SS-19 ICBM, according to the Interfax news agency. “We do not have the manufacturing equipment nor can we produce them under contract. We can only dispose of them,” said General Director Alexander Medvedev.
The U.S., South Korea, and Japan flew an unusual trilateral flight with two U.S. B-52H Stratofortress bombers escorted by two Japan Air Self-Defense Force F-2s, and two ROK Air Force KF-16 fighters—both countries’ respective variants of the F-16—July 11. That same weekend, the top military officers of the three nations…