DefenceTalkA top Republican lawmaker warned Sunday that the United States moves closer to preemptive war with North Korea every time Pyongyang carries out a missile or nuclear test. North Korea’s test launch this week of an intercontinental ballistic missile has sent tensions soaring once again on the Korean peninsula, after a two month lull. “If […]https://www.defencetalk.com/likelihood-of-preemptive-war-with-north-korea-grows-warns-us-lawmaker-70945/

DefenceTalkThe US and South Korea on Monday kicked off their largest ever joint air exercise, an operation North Korea has labeled an “all-out provocation”, days after Pyongyang fired its most powerful intercontinental ballistic missile. The five-day Vigilant Ace drill — involving 230 aircraft, including F-22 Raptor stealth jet fighters, and tens of thousands of troops […]https://www.defencetalk.com/us-south-korea-begin-largest-ever-joint-air-drill-70939/

DefenceTalkThe Defense Department detected and tracked a single North Korea missile launch today at about 1:17 p.m. EST, Pentagon spokesman Army Col. Robert Manning said in a statement today. The initial assessment indicates that this missile was an intercontinental ballistic missile, he said. This is North Korea’s third ICBM test this year, following two in […]https://www.defencetalk.com/north-korea-launches-icbm-70880/

DefenceTalkNorth Korea said Wednesday it had achieved its goal of becoming a nuclear state after successfully testing a new intercontinental ballistic missile that put the “whole mainland of the US” within its range. After watching the launch of the Hwasong-15, the North’s leader Kim Jong-Un “declared with pride that now we have finally realised the […]https://www.defencetalk.com/north-korea-says-it-is-nuclear-state-with-us-in-missile-strike-range-70877/

DefenceTalkNorth Korea test fired an intercontinental ballistic missile on Wednesday, in a major challenge to US President Donald Trump after he slapped fresh sanctions on Pyongyang and declared it a state sponsor of terrorism. It was the nuclear-armed North’s first ballistic test in more than two months and an initial Pentagon assessment said the ICBM […]https://www.defencetalk.com/north-korea-tests-icbm-in-fresh-challenge-to-trump-70874/

DefenceTalkUN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Tuesday strongly condemned North Korea’s latest missile test and urged Pyongyang to “desist taking any further destabilising steps”. “This is a clear violation of Security Council resolutions and shows complete disregard for the united view of the international community,” Guterres said in a statement. North Korea earlier fired an intercontinental […]https://www.defencetalk.com/un-chief-strongly-condemns-north-korea-missile-launch-70870/

DefenceTalkChina’s next-generation intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) – the Dongfeng-41 – could be in the People Liberation Army’s (PLA) lineup as early as the first half of 2018. Media reports say that the Dongfeng-41 ICBM recently underwent another test, the eighth since it was first announced in 2012. The missile must have matured considerably if it […]https://www.defencetalk.com/china-says-dongfeng-41-missile-to-enter-service-in-months-70838/

DefenceTalkRussia conducted several ballistic missile tests on Thursday from “land, air and sea” as part of its strategic nuclear programme, the Defence ministry announced. A “Topol” intercontinental ballistic missile was fired from the Plesetsk testing ground in the northwest of the country and three ballistic missiles were launched by two nuclear missile submarines (SSBNs), two […]https://www.defencetalk.com/russia-conducts-ballistic-missile-tests-70701/

DefenceTalkNorth Korea’s leader Kim Jong-Un has ordered more production of rocket engines and intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) nosecones, Pyongyang state media said Wednesday. Tensions over the North’s weapons programmes have mounted this year and it carried out two ICBM tests last month, overseen by Kim, that apparently brought most of the United States within range. […]https://www.defencetalk.com/kim-orders-more-production-of-icbms-70341/

DefenceTalkNorth Korea said its latest ICBM launch was a “warning” over efforts to slap sanctions on the hermit state, as the US carried out a successful test of its missile defense system in a pointed show of force. A bilateral mission led by US strategic bombers on Saturday flew over the Korean Peninsula in a […]https://www.defencetalk.com/us-responds-to-north-korea-missile-test-with-show-of-force-70196/