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Poland signed on Wednesday a $4.75 billion (3.8-billion-euro) contract to purchase a US-made Patriot anti-missile system, a move that is likely to irk Russia as East-West tensions rise. IMAGES
US Vice President Mike Pence receives a briefing on the PAC-3 anti-missile defense system in Tokyo, ahead of his trip to Seoul and the Winter Olympic Games opening ceremony in Pyeongchang later in the week. IMAGES
The White House confirms that a national security threat raised by US lawmakers involves Russia developing an anti-satellite weapon. "I can confirm that it is related to an anti-satellite capability that Russia developing," National Security Council spokesperson John Kirby tells reporters, adding however that there was "no immediate threat to anyone's safety." SOUNDBITE
The Pentagon says it did not have information supporting theories that a surface-to-air missile was used to shoot down the aircraft of Wagner Group head Yevgeny Prigozhin. Reports of a missile are "inaccurate," US Department of Defense spokesman Pat Ryder tells reporters during a briefing. SOUNDBITE
North Korean TV shows still pictures of leader Kim Jong Un overseeing a test of Pyongyang's newest intercontinental ballistic missile with his daughter in tow for the first time. IMAGES
Travellers in Japan watch news on TV of a suspected North Korean intercontinental ballistic missile launch on Friday. Japan said the missile splashed down in its exclusive economic zone off the northern region of Hokkaido. IMAGES
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