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A new ICBM, laser weapons, even robotic dogs.

From BBC

And Northrop Grumman, maker of the B-21 Raider bomber and Sentinel ICBM, two legs of America’s “modernized” nuclear triad, has seen its shares increase by more than 1,400%.

From Salon

All of the capsules will be closed down in a few years, as the military’s new ICBM, the Sentinel, comes online.

But even a solid-fuel ICBM, mounted on a giant transporter-erector-launch vehicle, must be rolled out of cover – a bunker, tunnel, warehouse or even from under a bridge – before being elevated and fired.

“There’s nothing new here technically as far as I can tell at this early stage, but they’re certainly growing increasingly confident in their new solid propellant ICBM.”

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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