DefenceTalkPyongyang on Friday hailed the successful test of a new type of surface-to-ship cruise missile, which it said was designed to hit “any enemy group of battleships” that threatened North Korea. The launch Thursday — the North’s fifth weapons test in a month — was overseen by leader Kim Jong-Un, the State-run Korean Central News […]https://www.defencetalk.com/north-korea-says-launch-tested-new-type-of-cruise-missile-70126/

DefenceTalkUnless it is stopped, North Korea will eventually acquire intercontinental ballistic missile capabilities, the four-star general selected to lead US forces in South Korea told lawmakers Tuesday. Speaking at his nomination hearing before the Senate Armed Services Committee, General Vincent Brooks warned that North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un was determined to build rockets that could […]https://www.defencetalk.com/north-korea-on-path-to-develop-inter-continental-missiles-67290/

DefenceTalkNorth Korea has released video footage of a purportedly new submarine-launched ballistic missile (SLBM) test, three days after it claimed it had successfully tested its first hydrogen bomb. But South Korean media suggested the footage broadcast by state Korean Central TV late Friday was an edited compilation of the North’s third SLBM test, conducted last […]https://www.defencetalk.com/north-korea-video-of-new-submarine-launched-missile-test-66326/

DefenceTalkNorth Korea test-fired what appeared to be a short-range missile into the sea off its east coast Monday in the latest of a series of missile and rocket tests, military officials said. It was launched at 10:30 am (0130 GMT) from a site northeast of Pyongyang towards the Sea of Japan (East Sea) and flew […]https://www.defencetalk.com/north-korea-test-fires-suspected-missile-into-sea-60483/