Iran unveils underground missile base on Gulf coast, state media says

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Video broadcast by state media Friday showed the head of Iran’s elite Revolutionary Guards, Major General Hossein Salami, touring what appears to be a long underground tunnel lined with missiles and missile launchers. Iran’s ballistic missiles arsenal is one of the flashpoints in Tehran’s long-running disputes with its Arab neighbors and the United States. Saudi … Read more

China launches and recovers reusable spacecraft: report

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The unmanned craft spent two days in orbit after being launched on Friday from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China and landed Sunday at its “scheduled landing site,” the Xinhua news agency reported. “The successful flight marked the country’s important breakthrough in reusable spacecraft research and is expected to offer convenient and low-cost … Read more