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Russia informed US before IRBM attack on Ukraine, no change yet in nuclear posture

Russia informed the United States before launching the ballistic missile attack on Ukraine, indicating that information-sharing mechanism between the two countries around powerful weapons remains active The photo shows a Yars intercontinental ballistic missile launched during a test from the Plesetsk cosmodrome in Northern Arkhangelsk region, Russia, on October 29, 2024. Russia informed the United States before attacking Ukraine with …

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1 month, 2 weeks ago

North Korean test of ICBM is condemned by two-thirds of UN Security Council

The Independent

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1 month, 2 weeks ago

USA launches supersonic long-range bomber in South Korea after Kim Jong Un brags about 'world's strongest strategic missile' following successful test

Daily Mail

The United States has launched a supersonic long-range bomber in South Korea as part of a joint air drill after Kim Jong Un bragged about having the 'world's strongest strategic missile' following successful test. Experts say the missile could reach targets in the mainland US The drill mobilised the US' B-1B bomber, South Korea's F-15K and KF-16 fighter jets, and …

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1 month, 3 weeks ago

North Korea Fires Longest ICBM Yet, Evasive of Japan's Zone

CNN

North Korea conducts a suspected intercontinental ballistic missile test days before the US election. The missile is believed to be the longest flight time yet for a North Korean missile, and it is suspected to have fallen outside of Japan's exclusive economic zone. The launch comes just days ahead of the US presidential election, and follows warnings from the South …

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1 year ago

North Korea’s Kim Jong Un warns of ‘nuclear attack’ if provoked with nukes

Firstpost

North Korea said this week it had tested its newest ICBM on Monday to gauge the war readiness of its nuclear forces against mounting US hostility North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said Pyongyang would not hesitate to launch a nuclear attack if an enemy provokes it with nuclear weapons, state media reported on Thursday. Kim made the remark as …

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1 year ago

US flies bombers for joint drills with South Korea, Japan after North’s long-range missile launch

Associated Press

SEOUL, South Korea — The United States flew long-range bombers for joint drills with South Korea and Japan on Wednesday in a show of force against North Korea, days after the North performed its first intercontinental ballistic missile test in five months. The trilateral training off South Korea’s southern island of Jeju was meant to strengthen the countries’ joint response …

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1 year ago

North Korea’s Kim personally oversaw ICBM launch, state media says

Al Jazeera

Launch of solid-fuel Hwasong-18 sends ‘clear signal to the hostile forces’, Korean Central News Agency says. North Korea has confirmed that it tested its most powerful solid-fuel intercontinental ballistic missile as a warning to the United States, with leader Kim Jong Un personally overseeing the launch. Kim said the launch of the Hwasong-18 on Monday sent a “clear signal to …

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1 year, 5 months ago

Japan, S Korea, US hold joint drills after N Korea’s ICBM launch

Al Jazeera

South Korean Navy says latest exercise is aimed at mastering the allies’ response to a North Korean ballistic missile launch. Japan, South Korea and the United States have held a joint naval missile defence exercise to counter North Korea’s “nuclear and missile threats”, days after Pyongyang launched an intercontinental ballistic missile. The drill on Sunday was conducted in international waters …

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1 year, 5 months ago

‘Grave threat’: US, Japan, S Korea slam missile test by N Korea

Al Jazeera

US says commitment to security of South Korea and Japan is backed by ‘full range of capabilities, including nuclear’. Two days earlier, North Korea slammed a US plan to deploy nuclear submarines near the Korean Peninsula, warning that the move could “incite the worst crisis of nuclear conflict in practice”. On Thursday, North Korea’s United Nations ambassador, Kim Song, told …

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1 year, 5 months ago

North Korea's Kim vows to boost nuke capability after observing new ICBM launch

The Hindu

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un vowed to further bolster his country's nuclear fighting capabilities as he supervised the country's second test flight of a new Inter-Continental Ballistic Missile designed to strike the mainland U.S., state media reported July 13. Mr. Kim's statement suggests North Korea would ramp up weapons testing activities to expand its arsenals in response to recent …

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1 year, 5 months ago

Longest test launch was latest Hwasong-18 ICBM: North Korea

India Today

North Korea tested its latest Hwasong-18 intercontinental ballistic missile on Wednesday, its state media reported, saying the weapon is the core of its nuclear strike force and a warning to the United States and other adversaries. READ | Kim vows to boost North Korea’s nuclear capability after observing new ICBM launch "The test-fire is an essential process aimed at further …

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1 year, 5 months ago

North Korea’s Kim ecstatic at second test of solid-fuel ICBM

Al Jazeera

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un clapped in delight as the country successfully launched its newest intercontinental ballistic missile – the solid-fuel Hwasong-18 – state media images showed. Dressed in a white suit and flanked by his wife and key aides, Kim personally oversaw the second test of the ICBM on Wednesday, state media said. The missile, which North Korea …

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1 year, 5 months ago

North Korea Test Fires Solid-Fuel ICBM Days after Threatening to Down US Spy Planes

News 18

North Korea said Thursday it had successfully tested its new intercontinental ballistic missile, state media reported, as Pyongyang vented its fury after threatening to down US spy planes it said had violated its airspace. Kim also vowed that “a series of stronger military offensive” would be launched until the United States and South Korea change their policies towards the North, …

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1 year, 5 months ago

North Korea conducts its 1st ICBM launch in 3 months after making threat over alleged US spy flights

The Hindu

North Korea conducted its first intercontinental ballistic missile test in three months on Wednesday, two days after it threatened “shocking” consequences to protest what it called provocative U.S. reconnaissance activity near its territory. In a statement Monday night, Kim Yo Jong, the influential sister of North Korean sister Kim Jong Un, warned the United States of “a shocking incident” as …

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1 year, 5 months ago

North Korea fires its first ICBM in 3 months after making threat over alleged US spy flights

Associated Press

SEOUL, South Korea — North Korea test-fired its first intercontinental ballistic missile in three months on Wednesday, days after it threatened “shocking” consequences to protest what it called provocative United States reconnaissance activity near its territory. Matsuno denounced North Korea’s repeated missile launches as “threats to the peace and safety of Japan, the region and international society.” In a trilateral …

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1 year, 5 months ago

North Korea fires its first intercontinental ballistic missile in three months

LA Times

A TV screen at the Seoul Railway Station on Wednesday shows an image of North Korea’s missile launch. North Korea test-fired its first intercontinental ballistic missile in three months Wednesday, days after it threatened “shocking” consequences to protest what it called provocative U.S. reconnaissance activity near its territory. Matsuno denounced North Korea’s repeated missile launches as “threats to the peace …

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1 year, 8 months ago

N. Korea says it tested new solid-fuel long-range missile

Associated Press

SEOUL, South Korea — North Korea said Friday it flight-tested a solid-fuel intercontinental ballistic missile for the first time, a possible breakthrough in its efforts to acquire a more powerful, harder-to-detect weapon targeting the continental United States. Kim added that the Hwasong-18 would rapidly advance North Korea’s nuclear response posture and further support an aggressive military strategy of maintaining “frontal …

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1 year, 8 months ago

North Korea says it tested new solid-fuel long-range missile

The Hindu

North Korea said on April 14 it has successfully test-launched a new intercontinental ballistic missile powered by solid propellants, a development that if confirmed could provide the country with a harder-to-detect weapon targeting the continental United States. Mr. Kim added that the Hwasong-18 would rapidly advance North Korea’s nuclear response posture and further support an aggressive military strategy that vows …

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1 year, 8 months ago

Photos: North Korea tests ‘breakthrough’ solid-fuel ICBM

Al Jazeera

North Korea has announced that it successfully tested its first solid-fuel intercontinental ballistic missile in a major breakthrough for its banned weapons programme. The Hwasong-18 took off from a site close to the capital, Pyongyang, on Thursday and flew for about 1,000 kilometres, according to official media KCNA, which described the launch as a “miraculous success”. KCNA cited Kim as …

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1 year, 9 months ago

North Korea says ICBM test aimed to strike fear into enemies

Associated Press

SEOUL, South Korea — North Korea said Friday it fired an intercontinental ballistic missile to “strike fear into the enemies” as South Korea and Japan agreed at a summit to work closely on regional security with the United States and staged military exercises around the region. North Korea’s official Korean Central News Agency said Kim supervised the test-firing of the …

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1 year, 9 months ago

North Korea confirms fired ICBM, says it was Hwasong-17

Al Jazeera

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 …

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1 year, 9 months ago

North Korea launches ICBM before South Korea-Japan summit

Associated Press

SEOUL, South Korea — North Korea test-launched an intercontinental ballistic missile Thursday just hours before the leaders of South Korea and Japan were to meet at a Tokyo summit expected to be overshadowed by North Korean nuclear threats. The North’s first ICBM test in a month and third weapons test this week also comes as South Korean and U.S. troops …

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1 year, 10 months ago

Seoul: North Korea fires missile 2 days after ICBM test

The Hindu

In its second weapons test in three days, North Korea fired two short-range ballistic missiles toward its eastern waters Monday, rekindling regional animosities over U.S.-South Korean military drills that it views as an invasion rehearsal. South Korea detected the two missile launches from a western coastal town, just north of Pyongyang, the North Korean capital, on Monday morning, South Korea's …

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1 year, 10 months ago

North Korea says it fired ICBM as warning to U.S., Seoul; South Korea, U.S. stage combined military drill

The Hindu

North Korea said on February 19 it had tested a Hwasong-15 intercontinental ballistic missile the previous day in a “sudden launching drill” that confirmed its readiness for “mobile and mighty counterattack” against hostile forces. South Korea and the United States held a combined air drill involving a U.S. strategic bomber on Sunday in response to North Korea’s launch of the …

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Russia informed US before IRBM attack on Ukraine, no change yet in nuclear posture

North Korean test of ICBM is condemned by two-thirds of UN Security Council

USA launches supersonic long-range bomber in South Korea after Kim Jong Un brags about 'world's strongest strategic missile' following successful test

North Korea Fires Longest ICBM Yet, Evasive of Japan's Zone

North Korea’s Kim Jong Un warns of ‘nuclear attack’ if provoked with nukes

US flies bombers for joint drills with South Korea, Japan after North’s long-range missile launch

North Korea’s Kim personally oversaw ICBM launch, state media says

Japan, S Korea, US hold joint drills after N Korea’s ICBM launch

‘Grave threat’: US, Japan, S Korea slam missile test by N Korea

North Korea's Kim vows to boost nuke capability after observing new ICBM launch

Longest test launch was latest Hwasong-18 ICBM: North Korea

North Korea’s Kim ecstatic at second test of solid-fuel ICBM

North Korea Test Fires Solid-Fuel ICBM Days after Threatening to Down US Spy Planes

North Korea conducts its 1st ICBM launch in 3 months after making threat over alleged US spy flights

North Korea fires its first ICBM in 3 months after making threat over alleged US spy flights

North Korea fires its first intercontinental ballistic missile in three months

N. Korea says it tested new solid-fuel long-range missile

North Korea says it tested new solid-fuel long-range missile

Photos: North Korea tests ‘breakthrough’ solid-fuel ICBM

North Korea says ICBM test aimed to strike fear into enemies

North Korea confirms fired ICBM, says it was Hwasong-17

North Korea launches ICBM before South Korea-Japan summit

Seoul: North Korea fires missile 2 days after ICBM test

North Korea says it fired ICBM as warning to U.S., Seoul; South Korea, U.S. stage combined military drill