The US Army tested the Precision Strike Missile abroad for the first time at the end of June as part of the Valiant Shield 24 exercise in the Pacific.

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In a sign of how relations between the West and Moscow have deteriorated, NATO members used their 75th anniversary summit to push NATO nations’ long-range strike capabilities on a scale not seen in Europe since the height of the Cold War. During the July 9-11 meeting in Washington, the White House said…

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