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Russia Pulled Nuclear-Capable ICBM Launch: Report • May 20, 2025, 4:11 AM ET (Newsweek)
North Korea's Nuclear Missile Threat to US Homeland • May 15, 2025, 6:46 AM ET (Newsweek)

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Also Known As intercontinental ballistic missile

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Simon Ramo
American engineer
Yuri Gagarin and Sergei Korolev
Sergei Korolev
Soviet scientist
Samuel Kurtz Hoffman
American engineer
Glushko, Valentin Petrovich
Valentin Petrovich Glushko
Soviet scientist