Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday expressed concern that the disputed islands controlled by Moscow but claimed by Tokyo could be armed by the U.S. military if they are returned to Japan. Putin also said in an interview with Kyodo News and other media ...
ashington A controversial missile defense system whose deployment has angered China is now operational in South Korea, the U.S. military said Monday. Washington and Seoul agreed to the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) battery deployment in July in the wake of a string ...
The government decides to speed up a feasibility study on adopting the land-based Aegis Ashore missile interceptor system to beef up its defenses.
Syrian President Bashar Assad said Damascus is negotiating with regime ally Moscow to buy the latest Russian anti-missile system to repel Israeli and American attacks. “It’s natural that we should have such systems,” he said, quoted by Syria’s official SANA agency on Thursday, the ...
Japan, South Korea and the U.S. have conducted the first joint anti-submarine warfare (ASW) drills involving the three countries amid North Korea’s growing submarine-launched ballistic missile threat. The three-day drill, which kicked off Monday, was being held in the waters between Japan and South ...
The United States should invest more in missile defense given missile testing by North Korea and Iran, the chairman of the House of Representatives Armed Services Committee said on Monday. The comments by Republican Representative Mac Thornberry followed new U.S. sanctions against Iran after ...
The United States made its biggest pledge of military aid in history on Wednesday, promising Israel $38 billion over 10 years to buy advanced planes and weaponry and boost its missile defense shield. Israel’s acting national security advisor Jacob Nagel and U.S. Undersecretary of ...
China and Russia should welcome Seoul's plan to deploy an advanced missile-defense system because it alleviates the need for South Korea or Japan to pursue other defense options, which could include the development of nuclear weapons.
Japan, South Korea and the United States held an unprecedented trilateral missile defense exercise Tuesday, aimed at countering the growing threat from nuclear-armed North Korea, which denounced it as a “military provocation.” The drill in waters off Hawaii came less than a week after ...
Japan has canceled an order issued in March to the Self-Defense Forces to intercept incoming North Korean missiles, government sources said. In response, the SDF began pulling out interceptors, including the Patriot Advanced Capability-3 surface-to-air guided interceptors deployed on the premises of the Defense ...
The government is planning to acquire a greater range of ship-borne interceptors, upgrading two of Japan’s six Aegis ships and building two more. It is also considering buying a U.S. land-based high-altitude interception system. The Defense Ministry plans to develop an improved version of ...
China is critical of moves to deploy a missile defense system in South Korea in the wake of North Korea's rocket launch, but fails to offer much in the way of constructive suggestions on how the South can ensure its own security otherwise.
