US Missile News

Trident II's test-firing was the second one conducted by USS Maine within a period of four days. On February 12, USS Maine had launched aunarmed life-extended Trident II missile as part of a Demonstration and Shakedown Operation (DASO-30) to evaluate and demonstrate the readiness of the SSBN’s strategic weapon system and crew before operational deployment following the submarine’s engineered refueling overhaul.

The US Federal Reserve could begin winding down its massive balance sheet sometime later this year in a shift that would make it less necessary to raise the official funds rate, a central banker said on Monday.

Investors still expect the Federal Reserve to raise interest rates twice more in 2017.

The Syrian presidency said a US missile attack on a Syrian army air base in Homs had increased Syria's resolve to defeat insurgent groups, vowing to step up the pace of operations against them.

Cuba has returned a dummy US Hellfire missile that was mistakenly shipped there from Europe in 2014, American and Cuban officials have said.