In yet another sign of an escalating war between the two countries which has been going on for over 1,000 days, Russia on Thursday fired an intercontinental ballistic missile at Ukraine, for the first time. The development comes just two days after Vladimir Putin signed a revised nuclear doctrine that formally lowers the threshold for Moscow's use of nuclear weapons, …
The Hwasong-17 is the largest road-mobile, liquid-fuelled ICBM in the world. North Korea has confirmed it fired an intercontinental ballistic missile and that it was the Hwasong-17, known as the country’s “monster missile”. Confirming the ICBM test on Friday, North Korea’s state media said it was intended to demonstrate a “tough response posture” and was a response to the “provocative …
Referring to the North’s recent launches as “increasingly dangerous provocations,” the United States on Friday called for a “resolution to update and strengthen the sanctions regime” against Pyongyang at the UN Security Council. Seoul: North Korea likely has “more in store” after successfully test-firing its largest-ever intercontinental ballistic missile, a top US official said Friday, as Washington called for tougher …
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