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"...The Air Force is launching a sweeping cancer study after several officers assigned to a missile unit in Montana were diagnosed with non-Hodgkin lymphoma, a type of cancer that forms in the body’s lymph system. ..."
Reference: www.washingtontimes.com .
"...The Republic of Korea Navy's Aegis destroyer ROKS Sejong the Great held a drill with Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Barry and a Japanese Atago-class Aegis destroyer. The trilateral exercise took place shortly after North Korea launched a Hwasong-15 ICBM last Saturday that is believed to be theoretically capable of hitting targets anywhere on the U.S. mainland. It also fired two short-range ballistic missiles towards the East Sea...The trilateral missile defense exercise took place for the first time since Oct. 6, 2022, when ROKS Sejong the Great conducted a three-way naval exercise alongside Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Chancellorsville and Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Benfold, part of the USS Ronald Reagan Carrier Strike Group, and Japan's destroyers JS Chokai and JS Ashigara in response to North Korea's provocations."
Reference: www.koreatimes.co.kr .
" Hong Kong CNN — China has imposed sanctions on two American defense manufacturers over arms sales to Taiwan, a day after Beijing pledged to take “countermeasures” in response to Washington’s handling of a suspected Chinese surveillance balloon that entered US airspace late last month. Lockheed (LMT) Martin Corporation and Raytheon (RTN) Missiles & Defense, a subsidiary of Raytheon (RTN) Technologies Corp, will be added to China’s sanctions list, its Ministry of Commerce said in a Thursday statement. They are banned from importing, exporting and investing in China. "
Reference: www.cnn.com .
"Japan has been considering purchasing up to about 500 Tomahawks, according to a government source. The move came as the government aims to enhance its deterrence through the acquisition of "counterstrike capabilities" as pledged in three key security documents revised in December amid China's military buildup and the North Korean missile and nuclear threats...."
Reference: kyodonews.net .
"...A joint venture between Modern Technology Solutions Inc. and nou Systems has won a potential $637.1 million contract to help the Missile Defense Agency develop a layered system for defending against missile attacks. Huntsville, Alabama-based nTSI will engineer hypersonic defense, cybersecurity, space and threat systems as part of the cost-plus-fixed-fee contract, the Department of Defense said Friday. ..."
Reference: www.govconwire.com ."This now makes three objects that flew over the U.S. in the last week before they were shot down. Ryder said Saturday’s shootdown — which involved an F-22 from the United States ...was “unidentified” but NORAD spokesman, Maj. Olivier Gallant, said the military had determined what it was but would not reveal details."
Reference: www.cbs17.com .'Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said that he ordered the takedown of an “unidentified” object that had crossed into Canada’s airspace on Saturday.'
"The Minuteman III missile lifted off from Vandenberg Space Force Base at 11:01 p.m. Thursday and its reentry vehicle traveled about 4,200 miles (6,800 kilometers) over the Pacific Ocean to the Kwajalein Atoll in the Marshall Islands, an Air Force statement said. ..."
Reference: abcnews.go.com ."... The U.S. intelligence community has linked the Chinese spy balloon shot down on Saturday to a vast surveillance program run by the People's Liberation Army, and U.S. officials have begun to brief allies and partners who have been similarly targeted. The surveillance balloon effort, which has operated for several years partly out of Hainan province off China's south coast, has collected information on military assets in countries..."
Reference: www.stripes.com .
Text Version: REPORT ON THE STATE OF THE UNION DELIVERED TO A JOINT SESSION OF CONGRESS ON FEBRUARY 7, 2023--PM 1
The PRESIDING OFFICER laid before the Senate the following message
from the President of the United States which was which was ordered to
lie on the table:
To the Congress of the United States:
Mr. Speaker. Madam Vice President. Our First Lady and Second
Gentleman. Members of Congress and the Cabinet. Leaders of our
military. Mr. Chief Justice, Associate Justices, and retired Justices
of the Supreme Court. And you, my fellow Americans.
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"U.S. territory includes U.S. airspace up until space is reached, but the balloon is well within U.S. airspace – Pentagon officials say it is at about 60,000 feet. ...it is no coincidence that the balloon is hovering near U.S. intercontinental ballistic missile fields ..."
Reference: www.foxnews.com .