Japan to get latest Aegis ballistic missile interceptors from US

Enlarge / An SM-3 interceptor is launched by the guided missile cruiser USS Lake Erie (CG 70) during a ballistic missile intercept test. This was the 27th consecutive kill of a test ICBM by the Aegis system. (credit: US Navy) The US Defense Department’s Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) announced on December 9 that the […]

China reportedly tests new ballistic weapon that flies under radar

A US government source told The Diplomat this week that China has conducted flight tests of a missile equipped with a hypersonic glide vehicle (HGV). Two tests of the HGV, a model known as the DF-17, took place in November and China is understood to have conducted a number of other tests of experimental HGVs […]

American provocateur: Why North Korea is going ballistic over missiles

With each passing year, North Koreans marks the change of seasons unlike any other people in the world, watching the US and South Korea open massive military games. With Trump, the saber rattling has increased exponentially. There are few things more unnerving than watching two state leaders, with a nuclear arsenal at their disposal, lobbing […]

After two months of quiet, North Korea launches another ballistic missile [Updated]

Enlarge / A Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) photo of the ballistic missile test on August 29, 2017. North Korea has conducted another test. (credit: DPRK state media, via Getty Images) South Korean and US officials have confirmed that North Korea has apparently conducted yet another ballistic missile test. The missile launched at just after […]

At least 7 missiles developed for Russia’s Iskander-M tactical ballistic complex – chief designer

Published time: 14 Sep, 2017 18:49 Edited time: 14 Sep, 2017 18:52 Several new missile types have been developed for Russia’s cutting-edge Iskander-M tactical ballistic missile complex according to its chief designer. The Defense Ministry has considered adopting the new missiles to enhance the system. Read more While the Army currently operates the missiles (approved […]

Martin Lewis goes absolutely BALLISTIC in shocking GMB outburst ‘This is my career!'

The highly-respected financial advisor for Moneysupermarket.com was understandably fuming as he claimed his face and name had been falsely attached to an unverified companies, which have cost his followers thousands.  The 45-year-old warned Good Morning Britain viewers to ignore any Facebook adverts using his name, stressing that they are “lies”.  Lewis slammed Facebook over its […]

Piers Morgan goes absolutely BALLISTIC at gay conversion therapist: ‘You horrible BIGOT!'

The 54-year-old and his co-host Susanna Reid were embroiled in a particularly venomous row with Dr Mike Davidson, who claimed to have been “cured” from homosexuality by prayer.  “I believe that people are not born gay,” he told the Good Morning Britain duo. “That they come into homosexual feelings, and that it is something that […]

S. Korea holds ballistic missile drill in response to Pyongyang’s nuclear test

Published time: 3 Sep, 2017 21:40 Edited time: 3 Sep, 2017 22:19 The South Korean military has conducted a live-fire drill, simulating an attack on the North’s nuclear site, which involved fighter jets and a surface-to-surface ballistic missile, Yonhap reports. The combined exercise involved South Korea’s Hyunmoo-2A ballistic missile, as well as long-range air-to-ground missiles, […]