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Pyongyang now possesses a limited number of intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs) believed capable of striking targets across North America, though one senior U.S. Air Force official recently warned any such attack would backfire.
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Mark Joseph, Newsweek, 24 Feb. 2025
This illustrates the intrinsic, expensive difficulty of intercepting even dummy intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs).
—Dan Vergano, Scientific American, 19 Feb. 2025
Alfredo Sosa/Staff A Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile stands tall at a training site at F.E. Warren AFB in Cheyenne, Wyoming, Oct. 21, 2024.
—Alfredo Sosa, The Christian Science Monitor, 14 Feb. 2025
In addition, the Pentagon is already aggressively developing orbital sensor networks and AI systems for detecting and identifying not only intercontinental ballistic missiles, but cruise and hypersonic missiles as well.
—David Szondy, New Atlas, 6 Feb. 2025
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Mark Joseph, Newsweek, 24 Feb. 2025
This illustrates the intrinsic, expensive difficulty of intercepting even dummy intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs).
—Dan Vergano, Scientific American, 19 Feb. 2025
Alfredo Sosa/Staff A Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile stands tall at a training site at F.E. Warren AFB in Cheyenne, Wyoming, Oct. 21, 2024.
—Alfredo Sosa, The Christian Science Monitor, 14 Feb. 2025
In addition, the Pentagon is already aggressively developing orbital sensor networks and AI systems for detecting and identifying not only intercontinental ballistic missiles, but cruise and hypersonic missiles as well.
—David Szondy, New Atlas, 6 Feb. 2025
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“Intercontinental.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/intercontinental. Accessed 15 Apr. 2025.
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