DefenceTalkNorth Korea’s leader Kim Jong Un personally oversaw the test-firing of the country’s “new type” of intercontinental ballistic missile to boost its nuclear deterrent against the US “imperialists”, state media reported Friday. The Thursday launch was the first time Pyongyang has fired Kim’s most powerful missiles at full range since 2017, and it appears to […]https://www.defencetalk.com/north-korea-says-kim-ordered-test-of-new-type-of-icbm-78496/

DefenceTalkTwo recent missile tests conducted by North Korea were of a new intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) system, the Pentagon said Thursday, marking what one US official called a “serious escalation” that will be punished with fresh sanctions. According to North Korea, the February 26 and March 4 tests were focused on developing a reconnaissance satellite, […]https://www.defencetalk.com/us-says-north-korea-testing-new-icbm-system-78374/