DefenceTalkThe White House warned Tuesday that North Korea would “pay a price” if it supplies Russia with weaponry for its war in Ukraine, with Kim Jong Un and Vladimir Putin expected to hold talks on the issue. Sanctions-hit Russia is reportedly eager to secure more military supplies from its ally to bolster its forces as […]https://www.defencetalk.com/north-korea-to-pay-price-if-it-gives-russia-arms-us-80069/

DefenceTalkNorth Korean leader Kim Jong Un personally oversaw the successful test of the country’s newest intercontinental ballistic missile, state media reported Thursday, days after Pyongyang threatened to down any US spy planes that enter its airspace. A beaming Kim, flanked by his wife and key aides, was shown in state media images applauding enthusiastically after […]https://www.defencetalk.com/north-korea-says-conducted-new-test-of-solid-fuel-icbm-80041/

DefenceTalkNorth Korea said Thursday it has successfully tested the Hwasong-18, its new solid-fuel intercontinental ballistic missile, for the second time. The test on Wednesday unlocks a major breakthrough for North Korea’s banned weapons programmes, but what exactly is a solid-fuel missile and why does it matter that Pyongyang has one? What is a solid-fuel missile? […]https://www.defencetalk.com/north-koreas-solid-fuel-icbm-five-things-to-know-80046/

DefenceTalkNorth Korea claimed Friday it had tested an underwater nuclear attack drone able to unleash a “radioactive tsunami”, as it blamed recent US-South Korea exercises for a deteriorating regional security situation. Pyongyang carried out military drills of its own in response this week, the official Korean Central News Agency said, including test-firing a new nuclear-capable […]https://www.defencetalk.com/north-korea-says-it-tested-new-underwater-nuclear-attack-drone-79980/

DefenceTalkNorth Korea fired a “long-range ballistic missile” Thursday, Seoul said, as South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol headed to Tokyo for a summit to boost ties in the face of Pyongyang’s growing aggression. The launch was North Korea’s third show of force since Sunday and came as South Korea and the United States staged their […]https://www.defencetalk.com/north-korea-fires-long-range-missile-as-s-korea-president-heads-to-japan-79947/

DefenceTalkNorth Korea fired two short-range ballistic missiles Tuesday, Seoul said, Pyongyang’s second launch in three days and the first since South Korea and the United States began their largest joint military drills in five years. Washington and Seoul have ramped up defence cooperation in the face of growing military and nuclear threats from the North, […]https://www.defencetalk.com/north-korea-fires-two-ballistic-missiles-seoul-says-79943/

DefenceTalkNorth Korea has decided to take “important practical” war deterrence measures, state media reported Sunday, a day before Seoul and Washington begin their largest joint military drills in five years. The decision was made at a meeting of the ruling party’s military commission presided over by leader Kim Jong Un, according to the official Korean […]https://www.defencetalk.com/north-korea-adopts-war-deterrence-measures-state-media-79925/

DefenceTalkNorth Korea said Sunday it had test-fired an intercontinental ballistic missile as a warning to Washington and Seoul, saying the successful “surprise” drill demonstrated Pyongyang’s capacity to launch a “fatal nuclear counterattack”. In response, the US and South Korea staged joint air drills featuring a strategic bomber and stealth fighter jets, Seoul said. North Korean […]https://www.defencetalk.com/north-korea-says-it-fired-icbm-as-warning-to-us-seoul-79863/

DefenceTalkNorth Korea fired an intercontinental ballistic missile Friday in one of its most powerful tests ever, with Japan saying the weapon may have had the range to hit the United States mainland. The missile was believed to have landed in Japan’s exclusive economic zone (EEZ), Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said as he blasted the launch […]https://www.defencetalk.com/north-korea-fires-icbm-lands-near-japan-79616/

DefenceTalkThe North Korean military said its response to US-South Korean war drills would be “resolute and overwhelming”, state media reported Monday. The warning came after a spate of North Korean weapons tests last week — including an intercontinental ballistic missile — as the United States and South Korea conducted their biggest-ever air force exercise. The […]https://www.defencetalk.com/north-korea-vows-overwhelming-response-to-us-south-korea-war-games-79598/