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Russia tested a new nuclear-capable intercontinental ballistic missile that its president, Vladimir Putin, said can defeat any US missile defenses. Putin and President Donald Trump have been squaring off over who has the better nuclear arsenal, with Trump reportedly telling Putin he would beat him in an arms race. Putin and Trump seem on the […]
The crews of three commercial airlines reported witnessing flashes of light while traveling through the sky last week. The sightings are believed to have been of North Korea’s latest intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) test. A Korean Air pilot preparing to land at Seoul’s Incheon Airport from San Francisco was the first to report seeing a […]
Enlarge / Deal with it. (credit: Korean Central News Service / Sean Gallagher) North Korea’s latest intercontinental ballistic missile test demonstrates a number of things that are not good news for anyone hoping to prevent the country from becoming a global nuclear power. The missile, called the Hwasong-15, flew high enough (more than 4,400 kilometers, […]
Published time: 30 Nov, 2017 06:22 Edited time: 30 Nov, 2017 06:38 North Korean state media released photos of the Hwasong-15 missile allegedly used in the latest test launch. The photos show Kim Jong-un personally overseeing the launch of the ICBM, which Pyongyang claims is capable of hitting the US mainland. North Korea fired a […]
Published time: 27 Sep, 2017 08:13 The Russian Defense Ministry has published footage of the test launch of a new advanced nuclear warhead, which was boosted off by an RS-12M Topol intercontinental ballistic missile. [embedded content] The launch from the Kapustin Yar missile test range in the northwest of the Astrakhan Region was conducted on […]
Pyongyang has successfully tested a hydrogen bomb which can be mounted on an Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (ICBM), the country’s state TV announced. Earlier an “artificial quake” was registered near a nuclear testing site in North Korea. The bomb test was a “perfect success” and was a “meaningful” step to complete the North’s nuclear weapons program, […]
North Korea has developed a new, more advanced hydrogen nuke that is small enough to be fitted on a new intercontinental ballistic missile, state media KCNA has claimed. According to the KCNA report, North Korea’s Nuclear Weapons Institute has created a “more developed nuke,” bringing about a “signal turn” in the country’s nuclear arsenal. Kim […]
Thomson Reuters UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – The United Nations Security Council is set to vote on Saturday on a U.S.-drafted resolution that aims to slash by a third North Korea’s $ 3 billion annual export revenue over Pyongyang’s two intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) tests in July. A council diplomat, speaking on condition of anonymity, said […]
SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korean President Moon Jae-in ordered discussions to be held with the United States on deploying additional THAAD anti-missile defense units following North Korea’s test launch of an intercontinental ballistic missile, his office said on Saturday. Moon also wanted the United Nations Security Council to discuss new and stronger sanctions against the […]
Getty Images/Mario Tama Russia objected on Thursday to a United Nations Security Council condemnation of North Korea’s latest rocket launch because the US-drafted statement labeled it an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) and Moscow disagrees, diplomats said. Security Council statements have to be agreed by all 15 members. The Russian mission to the United Nations said […]
