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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
South Korea slams North's apparent missile launches as 'inappropriate' in COVID-19 crisis
North Korea on Saturday fired two presumed short-range ballistic missiles into the sea, South Korea's military said, as it continues to expand military capabilities amid deadlocked nuclear negotiations with the Trump administration and a crippling global health crisis. South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff said ...
North Korea fires weapons after threatening 'momentous' action
North Korea fired three short-range projectiles off its east coast on Monday, South Korea's military said, two days after the North threatened to take "momentous" action to protest outside condemnation over its earlier live-fire exercises. Seoul's Joint Chiefs of Staff said the three launches were ...
Japan says North Korean weapons test was of short-range ballistic missiles
Japanese Defense Minister Taro Kono said Tuesday that projectiles lauched by North Korea a day earlier were short-range ballistic missiles, a move that would again violate U.N. sanctions that ban the nuclear-armed country from such technology. The North's state media said in a report Tuesday ...
North Korea fires two short-range missiles into sea, South's military says
North Korea fired what appeared to be two short-range ballistic missiles on Monday, the South's military said, weeks after Pyongyang threatened to demonstrate a "new strategic weapon" and its deadline for Washington to offer sanctions relief expired. The launch was the nuclear-armed North's first for ...
China steps up training and development, firing over 100 missiles in 2019 — far more than U.S.
China fired well over a hundred ballistic missiles last year for development and operational training purposes, sources close to the matter said Saturday. The number of missile firings by China in 2019 far exceeded those by the United States and Russia, underscoring Beijing's stepped-up measures ...
Russia conducts first ship-based hypersonic missile test, TASS reports
Russia successfully test-launched its Tsirkon (Zircon) hypersonic cruise missile from a military vessel for the first time early last month, the TASS news agency said on Thursday, citing two military sources. President Vladimir Putin talked up hypersonic missiles in a March 2018 speech, saying they ...
What Iran's attacks on American bases tell us about China's missile program
The belief that Chinese missiles are numerous, but inaccurate, is likely now outdated.
North Korea enhanced nuclear and missile programs in 2019 and got fuel via China, U.N. report says
North Korea continued to enhance its nuclear and ballistic missile programs last year in breach of United Nations sanctions, according to a confidential U.N. report seen by Reuters on Monday. The country also illicitly imported refined petroleum and exported some $370 million worth of coal ...
North Korea's next submarine might make nuclear negotiations with U.S. even tougher
Kim Jong Un has spent much of his time as North Korea's leader developing bigger and more advanced nuclear weapons. This year, he may try to make them harder to find by putting them under the sea. Recent North Korean reports touting a new submarine ...
