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MEDIUM-RANGE WEAPON [1 record]

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Record 1 2019-11-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Weapon Systems
CONT

This medium-range weapon differs from a regular ballistic missile by gliding back to Earth on a slower, flatter trajectory that evades the gaze of radar-enabled U.S. missile defenses.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Systèmes d'armes
CONT

[Le traité sur les forces nucléaires intermédiaires (FNI)] avait été conclu dans les années 1980 pour mettre un terme à la course aux armements sur le sol européen. Les États-Unis avaient démantelé 846 missiles installés en Europe et les Soviétiques s'étaient débarrassés de 1 846 armes à portée intermédiaire.

Spanish

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