DefenceTalkNorth Korea unsuccessfully fired an intercontinental ballistic missile during a new salvo of launches Thursday, the South Korean military said, with Washington urging all nations to enforce sanctions on Pyongyang. The launches prompted South Korea and the United States to extend their ongoing joint air drills, the largest-ever such exercises, citing North Korea’s “provocations”. People […]https://www.defencetalk.com/north-korea-icbm-launch-appears-to-have-failed-seoul-says-79595/

DefenceTalkNorth Korea fired at least 23 missiles Wednesday, including one that landed close to South Korea’s waters in what President Yoon Suk-yeol said was “effectively a territorial invasion”. It also fired an artillery barrage into a maritime “buffer zone”, in what experts said was part of an “aggressive and threatening” response by Pyongyang to the […]https://www.defencetalk.com/north-korea-fires-23-missiles-one-close-to-south-korea-79582/

DefenceTalkNorth Korea fired two short-range ballistic missiles on Friday, the South’s military said, the latest in a blitz of launches that Washington and Seoul have warned could culminate in another nuclear test. The launch comes as the South wraps up 12 days of amphibious naval military exercises, involving key security ally America, and ahead of […]https://www.defencetalk.com/north-korea-fires-ballistic-missiles-ahead-of-major-us-south-korea-air-drills-79556/

DefenceTalkJapan is looking into buying US-developed Tomahawk cruise missiles as it seeks to counter growing regional threats, including from North Korea, the government said Friday. The purchase would likely be controversial in a nation whose military is not officially recognized under its post-World War II constitution. The Yomiuri Shimbun daily reported that Tokyo was in […]https://www.defencetalk.com/japan-studying-us-tomahawk-cruise-missile-purchase-79552/

DefenceTalkIndia on Friday successfully tested a ballistic missile fired from its first indigenous nuclear-powered submarine, the defence ministry said, in a boost for its growing strike capabilities. The test of India’s “nuclear deterrence capability” makes it one of six countries — alongside the United States, Britain, Russia, France and China — with nuclear strike and […]https://www.defencetalk.com/india-successfully-tests-ballistic-missile-from-submarine-79523/

DefenceTalkLockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) recently delivered the 700th Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) interceptor to the Missile Defense Agency (MDA). This production milestone comes at a time when global demand for integrated air and missile defense systems continues to grow. “The Missile Defense Agency, industry and the Lockheed Martin team who engineer and produce […]https://www.defencetalk.com/lockheed-martin-delivers-700th-thaad-interceptor-79507/

DefenceTalkNorth Korea’s recent missile tests involved “tactical nuclear” drills to simulate hitting the South, and were overseen by leader Kim Jong Un in response to US-led joint military exercises in the region, state media said Monday. Kim made acquiring tactical nukes — smaller, lighter weapons designed for battlefield use — a top priority at a […]https://www.defencetalk.com/north-korea-recent-tests-tactical-nuclear-drills-79483/

DefenceTalkThe South Korean and US militaries fired a volley of missiles into the sea in response to North Korea firing a ballistic missile over Japan, Seoul said Wednesday. Nuclear-armed North Korea fired an intermediate-range ballistic missile over Japan for the first time in five years on Tuesday, prompting Tokyo to issue evacuation warnings for some […]https://www.defencetalk.com/south-korea-us-fire-missiles-in-response-to-north-korea-test-79477/

DefenceTalkNorth Korea has fired an unidentified ballistic missile, Seoul’s military said early Tuesday, part of a record-breaking streak of weapons tests by Pyongyang, as South Korea ramps up military drills with the US. “North Korea fired an unidentified ballistic missile east,” South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff said in a statement, without giving further details. […]https://www.defencetalk.com/north-korea-fires-an-unidentified-ballistic-missile-79470/

DefenceTalkNorth Korea fired two ballistic missiles early on Saturday, South Korea’s military said, the nuclear-armed country’s fourth launch this week as Seoul, Tokyo and Washington ramp up joint military drills to counter Pyongyang. South Korea, Japan and the US staged anti-submarine drills Friday — the first in five years — just days after Washington and […]https://www.defencetalk.com/north-korea-fires-ballistic-missiles-79467/