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Satellite images show expansion at key North Korean long-range missile base: CNN
North Korea has expanded a key long-range missile base in the months since a summit between the country's leader Kim Jong Un and U.S. President Donald Trump, according to satellite images published by CNN on Wednesday. The two men met in Singapore in June and ...
Ukraine calls up reservists amid tensions with Russia and invasion fears
Ukraine's president on Monday announced a partial call-up of reservists for training amid tensions with Russia, saying the country needs to beef up its defenses to counter the threat of a Russian invasion. The Kremlin dismissed the Ukrainian leader's statement as an "absurd" attempt to ...
Iran says it can fire missiles that can reach U.S. bases and aircraft carriers 'if they make a move'
An Iranian Revolutionary Guards commander said on Wednesday that U.S. bases in Afghanistan, the UAE and Qatar, and U.S. aircraft carriers in the Gulf were within range of Iranian missiles, as tensions rise between Tehran and Washington. "They are within our reach and we can ...
China shows J-20 stealth jet's missiles for the first time at airshow, state-run media says
China has shown the missiles in its advanced J-20 stealth fighter jet to the public for the first time at its largest airshow, the Global Times newspaper reported on Monday. The newspaper said two J-20 fighter jets opened their missile bay doors during a flypast ...
The municipal assembly for Abu, named in May as a potential host site, unanimously adopted a petition asking the Defense Ministry to retract its plan to deploy the missile system.
Top official in North Korean missile, nuclear weapons program dies
A veteran North Korean official who was sanctioned for his suspected role in development of the country's nuclear and missile technology has died, the North announced Tuesday. The state-run KCNA news agency said "academician and professor" Ju Kyu Chang died Monday at the age of ...
Japanese and North Korean university students resume exchanges in Pyongyang
Japanese and North Korean university students discussed thorny issues such as Pyongyang's past abductions of Japanese nationals in the North's capital last week, resuming an annual exchange program that had been canceled the previous year amid easing tensions on the Korean Peninsula. In the program, ...
Japan's Defense Ministry to request record ¥5.3 trillion budget for fiscal 2019
The Defense Ministry is considering making a record request of over ¥5.3 trillion for the fiscal 2019 budget, informed sources said. The amount will be over ¥100 billion bigger than its initial budget for fiscal 2018 because of the plan to buy into Aegis Ashore, ...
Japan eases alert level for North Korean ballistic missile launches
Japan has lowered its alert level for North Korean ballistic missile launches amid diminishing tensions following the historic summit between the U.S. and North Korean leaders last month, government sources said Monday. As a result, the Maritime Self-Defense Force's Aegis vessels, which are equipped with ...
Japan to cancel missile evacuation drills following Trump-Kim summit
Tokyo has decided to cancel nationwide evacuation exercises designed to prepare for North Korean ballistic missile launches, a government source said Thursday. Following North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's summit this month with U.S. President Donald Trump, the government has changed its stance on the ...
Saudi air defenses on Sunday intercepted a ballistic missile over the southern city of Jizan after being fired from rebel-held territory in neighboring Yemen, a Saudi-led military coalition said. Debris from the missile landed in residential areas of Jizan without causing casualties, the coalition said ...
Israel orders Golan missile shelters readied over Iran 'activity' in Syria
The Israeli army said Tuesday it has asked authorities in the occupied Golan Heights to open and prepare missile shelters over "irregular activity by Iranian forces in Syria," across the demarcation line. "Following the identification of irregular activity of Iranian forces in Syria, the IDF ...
