Business / Corporate Jun 20, 2020
Mega-bank MUFG to ban loans to makers of nukes, but not missiles
The bank's revised guidelines don't close the door on nuclear-related businesses that make missiles capable of carrying atomic weapons.
World | ANALYSIS Jun 20, 2020
By opening nuclear talks with Russia, U.S. may also be ending them
The United States and Russia on Monday open talks on their last major nuclear agreement — but for some observers, it may simply be the beginning of the end. U.S. President Donald Trump's administration has insisted, to no avail, that China join the discussions in ...
National Jun 19, 2020
U.S. talking with Japan on concerns over halted Aegis Ashore missile defense plan
Japan was supposed to be the third country to introduce the Aegis Ashore system after Romania and Poland.
Asia Pacific Jun 16, 2020
India and China add to nuclear arsenals in 2020, report says
India and China have added to their nuclear warhead stockpile in the last year while all other nuclear-armed nations like the U.S., Russia and France, continued to modernize their arsenal, according to a recent report from the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute. India increased its ...
National May 20, 2020
Japan Defense Ministry probing hack of next-gen missile data, report says
Among the leaked details may have been range, propulsion and heat resistance, the report said.
Asia Pacific May 9, 2020
North Korea completes building new ICBMs, South Korean newspaper reports
North Korea has constructed several new intercontinental ballistic missiles, according to the South Korean Dong-A Ilbo daily. U.S. authorities have detected the assembly and completion of ICBMs at an automobile plant in South Pyongan province, where North Korea launched ballistic missiles in 2017, the newspaper ...
Asia Pacific | FOCUS May 9, 2020
U.S. rearms to nullify China's missile supremacy in the western Pacific
by David Lague
A long-term struggle between the Beijing and Washington is at a turning point, with the United States rolling out new weapons and strategy in a bid to close a wide missile gap with China.
Asia Pacific Apr 26, 2020
Signs of imminent North Korea mobile missile launch detected, report says
A South Korean newspaper reported that the U.S. has detected signs of North Korea making preparations for a missile launch — news that comes amid rumors of leader Kim Jong Un's ill health.
Commentary / Japan Apr 22, 2020
It’s time for arms talks with China
by Brad Glosserman
We’re heading toward a future in which nuclear weapons will move from the background to the foreground of the U.S.-China relationship.
Asia Pacific Mar 29, 2020
North Korea fires two 'ballistic missiles' into Sea of Japan
North Korea fired what appeared to be two short-range ballistic missiles off its east coast on Sunday, the fourth such launch this month as the world battles the coronavirus pandemic. Two projectiles were fired eastwards from the port city of Wonsan and flew 230 kilometers ...
Asia Pacific Mar 22, 2020
North Korea praises Trump but warns on ties day after suspected missile tests
U.S. President Donald Trump has sent a letter to North Korean leader Kim Jong Un detailing a plan to develop ties, state media reported on Sunday, citing Kim's powerful sister, but she warned that their good personal relationship is not enough as a hiatus ...
World Mar 21, 2020
Pentagon successfully tests nuclear-capable hypersonic missile
The United States announced Friday it had successfully tested an unarmed prototype of a hypersonic missile, a nuclear-capable weapon that could accelerate the arms race among three superpowers. The Pentagon said a test glide vehicle flew at hypersonic speeds — more than five times the ...