North Korea has staged its largest-ever artillery firing drill to mark the anniversary of the founding of its military, according to reports. South Korea’s Yonhap news agency said the drill, celebrating 85 years since the North’s army was created, took place near the eastern port city of Wonsan. Dictator Kim Jong-un was presumed to have […]

The USS Michigan guided-missile submarine arrived in South Korea for what a US defense official described as a show of force amid tensions between the US and North Korea. The USS Michigan – capable of firing off salvos of Tomahawk cruise missiles – is to join the aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson in drills near […]

Officials at the Ministry of National Defense of the People’s Republic of China are refuting a report about that China mobilizing air force bombers and on “high alert” of the tension over the Korean Peninsula. “The reports are not true,” said the statement. Chinese forces are keeping their standard operational readiness and conducting normal training along the […]

The Korean People’s Army used the military parade in Pyongyang on 15 April to public display Pukguksong-2 nuclear-capable missiles. Pukguksong-2, also known as KN-15 by intelligence outside of North Korea, is a medium-range or intermediate-range ballistic missile under development by North Korea, which unlike the nation’s earlier designs, uses solid fuel. The liquid fuel engines that North Korea […]

North Korea has displayed armoured versions of KN-09 rocket launcher systems during a huge military parade in Kim Il Sung Square on Saturday. April 15 is the most important day in the North Korean calendar, and Kim Jong Un has celebrated his grandfather’s birthday. The first KN-09 rocket launcher systems were first seen in footage of […]

The North Korean People’s Army publicly displayed for the first time its new long-range road-mobile intercontinental ballistic missiles during a military parade in Pyongyang on 15 April. The missile of the new road-mobile intercontinental systems is carried in a large canister that completely enclosed the missile mounted on an eight wheels trailer. There is no precise information about this missile […]

North Korea has displayed version of the mobile coastal defence missile systems integrated onto all-terrain tracked vehicles during a massive military parade in the capital, Pyongyang. South Korean military officials said they regard it as a new type of anti-ship cruise missiles mounted on tracked chassis. Missile launch tubes of new mobile coastal defence missile systems look alike those […]

North Korea has displayed the new Pukguksong-1 submarine-launched ballistic missiles for the first time on Saturday ahead of a massive military parade in the capital, Pyongyang. The country’s hereditary leader Kim Jong-un, wearing a black suit and white shirt and a tie, welcomed his country’s bravest as he addressed thousands of soldiers who took part in […]

North Korea says it has successfully completed the launch of a new ballistic missile, according to state media. The Pukguksong-2, previously unpublicized part of its arsenal which North Korean state media described as a medium long-range ballistic missile, was test fired on Sunday under the supervision of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, according to […]

South Korea’s Air Force has upgraded the capability of its F-16 fighter jets by equipping them with bombs and missiles capable of hitting key underground facilities in North Korea and shooting down combat aircraft at long range, officials said. The completion of the upgrade enables the South Korean jets to fire AIM-120 mid-range air-to-air missiles, […]