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The Kremlin confirmed successful launches of a Yars ICBM, cruise missiles from Tu-95MS bombers, and a ballistic missile from a submarine in the Barents Sea.
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Amanda Castro, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 Oct. 2025
Analysts have raised the possibility that North Korea’s next-generation Hwasong-20 intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM), its new Hwasong-11 Ma hypersonic glide vehicle, and other advanced weapons systems will be on display.
—Helen Regan, CNN Money, 9 Oct. 2025
Katie Parks, the service’s deputy ICBM program executive officer, told the town hall that new silos could address shortcomings at some current facilities.
—Kapil Kajal, Interesting Engineering, 29 Aug. 2025
The launch of the unarmed Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) took place on Wednesday (May 21) at 3:01 a.m.
—Brett Tingley, Space.com, 21 May 2025
Over War Game Concerns How U.S. Minuteman III Tests Stack Up Against Russia's ICBM Track Record
Some suggest that the plane suffered a mechanical failure of some kind, while other, more conspiratorial, theories claim that staff aboard the flight planned to hijack the plane for other purposes.
—Matt Robison, Newsweek, 24 Feb. 2025
Originally designed as an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM), the Atlas F was later repurposed to launch satellites, including Parcae.
—IEEE Spectrum, 21 Jan. 2025
Ukrainian officials say Russia launched an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) for the first time.
—Jonathan Easley, The Hill, 21 Nov. 2024
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Amanda Castro, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 Oct. 2025
Analysts have raised the possibility that North Korea’s next-generation Hwasong-20 intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM), its new Hwasong-11 Ma hypersonic glide vehicle, and other advanced weapons systems will be on display.
—Helen Regan, CNN Money, 9 Oct. 2025
Katie Parks, the service’s deputy ICBM program executive officer, told the town hall that new silos could address shortcomings at some current facilities.
—Kapil Kajal, Interesting Engineering, 29 Aug. 2025
The launch of the unarmed Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) took place on Wednesday (May 21) at 3:01 a.m.
—Brett Tingley, Space.com, 21 May 2025
Over War Game Concerns How U.S. Minuteman III Tests Stack Up Against Russia's ICBM Track Record
Some suggest that the plane suffered a mechanical failure of some kind, while other, more conspiratorial, theories claim that staff aboard the flight planned to hijack the plane for other purposes.
—Matt Robison, Newsweek, 24 Feb. 2025
Originally designed as an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM), the Atlas F was later repurposed to launch satellites, including Parcae.
—IEEE Spectrum, 21 Jan. 2025
Ukrainian officials say Russia launched an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) for the first time.
—Jonathan Easley, The Hill, 21 Nov. 2024
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“ICBM.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ICBM. Accessed 25 Oct. 2025.
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ICBM
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: an intercontinental ballistic missile
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