North Korea fires two ballistic missiles, one may have fallen on land | Weapons News

North Korea fires two ballistic missiles, one may have fallen on land | Weapons News

The latest launches come as US, Japan and South Korea wrap up three days of military exercises dubbed ‘Freedom Edge’. North Korea has fired two ballistic missiles and the second may have failed and blown up, possibly raining debris inland, South Korea’s military said. Monday’s launches came a day after…

North Korea says US, South Korea and Japan developing ‘Asian NATO’ | Military News

North Korea says US, South Korea and Japan developing ‘Asian NATO’ | Military News

The claim comes after Washington, Seoul and Tokyo began joint military exercises on Thursday. North Korea has criticised a joint military exercise by the United States, South Korea and Japan, saying such drills show the relationship among the three countries has developed into “the Asian version of NATO”, state media…

North Korea says it conducted successful test of multiwarhead missile | Weapons News

North Korea says it conducted successful test of multiwarhead missile | Weapons News

It is the first known test of a so-called MIRV by Pyongyang, but South Korea is questioning the claim. North Korea claims to have successfully tested a multiwarhead missile, a sophisticated weapon that would provide it with the means to overwhelm missile defences in the continental United States, after a…

North Korea failed launch was possible hypersonic weapon: Seoul | Weapons News

North Korea failed launch was possible hypersonic weapon: Seoul | Weapons News

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un announced plans in 2021 to develop technologically-advanced weapons, including hypersonic missiles. North Korea might have launched a hypersonic missile, South Korea has said, as intelligence agencies investigated a ballistic missile test that failed early on Wednesday. South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) said…

‘Axis of impunity’: Putin-Kim deal underlines new challenges to world order | Politics News

‘Axis of impunity’: Putin-Kim deal underlines new challenges to world order | Politics News

Shortly after signing a new comprehensive strategic partnership between their two countries, Russian President Vladimir Putin and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un showed off their closer ties by going for a spin in a Russian-made Aurus limousine. In a carefully choreographed public relations exercise, it was Putin who took…

US aircraft carrier arrives in South Korea amid tensions with North Korea | Military News

US aircraft carrier arrives in South Korea amid tensions with North Korea | Military News

USS Theodore Roosevelt to participate in joint military exercises between the United States, South Korea and Japan. A nuclear-powered United States aircraft carrier has arrived in South Korea for three-nation exercises aimed at stepping up military training, days after North Korea and Russia signed a mutual defence pact. “The US…

Putin says Russia may send weapons to North Korea | Vladimir Putin News

Putin says Russia may send weapons to North Korea | Vladimir Putin News

President Vladimir Putin said that Russia might supply weapons to North Korea in what he suggested would be a mirror response to the Western arming of Ukraine. Putin was speaking to reporters in Vietnam on Thursday, a day after visiting nuclear-armed North Korea and signing a mutual defence agreement with…