DefenceTalkNorth Korea test-fired two different weapons systems this week, state media said Friday, while highlighting Kim Jong Un’s inspection of an “important” munitions factory. Pyongyang has conducted six weapons tests in January, including firing hypersonic missiles, doubling down on Kim’s call to build “military muscle” with one of the most intense single-month barrages on record […]https://www.defencetalk.com/north-korea-confirms-missile-tests-as-kim-inspects-important-munitions-factory-77779/

DefenceTalkNorth Korea appeared to have fired two cruise missiles Tuesday morning, South Korea’s military said, in what would be the nuclear-armed country’s fifth weapons test this month. Pyongyang has rebuffed US offers of talks and embarked on a flurry of sanctions-busting tests in 2022, flexing its military muscles and ramping up the rhetoric against Washington. […]https://www.defencetalk.com/north-korea-appears-to-have-fired-cruise-missiles-seoul-says-77760/

DefenceTalkChina and Russia on Thursday blocked a US push to impose United Nations sanctions on five North Koreans in response to recent missile launches by Pyongyang, diplomats told AFP. China’s block came before a new closed-door Security Council meeting on North Korea, also requested by Washington, and was followed by Russia’s decision to similarly oppose […]https://www.defencetalk.com/china-russia-block-us-push-for-un-sanctions-on-n-koreans-diplomats-77706/

DefenceTalkNorth Korea fired two railway-borne tactical guided missiles, state media reported Saturday, the country’s third weapons test this month despite a volley of new United States sanctions. South Korea’s military said it had detected the launch of two short-range ballistic missiles Friday afternoon, just hours after Pyongyang accused the United States of “provocation” over fresh […]https://www.defencetalk.com/north-korea-fired-railway-borne-missiles-in-third-test-this-year-77691/

DefenceTalkNorth Korea has fired an unidentified projectile eastward, South Korean and Japanese officials said Friday, the nuclear-armed country’s third suspected weapons test in just over a week. The new suspected test comes after the United States imposed new sanctions this week, prompting Pyongyang to vow never to give up its “right to self defence”. “North […]https://www.defencetalk.com/north-korea-fires-unidentified-projectile-souths-military-77688/

DefenceTalkNorth Korea fired a suspected ballistic missile into the sea on Tuesday, with South Korea’s military warning the second such weapons test in less than a week showed clear signs of progress. The early-morning launch came as the UN Security Council met in New York to discuss last week’s test of what Pyongyang called a […]https://www.defencetalk.com/north-korea-fires-second-missile-in-less-than-a-week-77657/

DefenceTalkJapan moved ahead with an expansion of support to US troops as the allies held top-level talks on Friday over tensions with China and North Korea. US Secretary of State Antony Blinken announced that the two nations were signing a five-year extension of the support package provided by Japan for the hosting of around 50,000 […]https://www.defencetalk.com/japan-extends-us-military-support-amid-china-north-korea-challenges-77639/

DefenceTalkNorth Korea has successfully tested a hypersonic missile, state media reported Thursday, in the first major weapons test by the nuclear-armed nation this year. This was the second reported test of what Pyongyang claimed were hypersonic gliding missiles, as it pursues the sophisticated technology despite international sanctions and condemnation. Hypersonic missiles move far faster and […]https://www.defencetalk.com/north-korea-says-it-tested-hypersonic-missile-2-77627/

DefenceTalkNorth Korea fired what appeared to be a ballistic missile into the sea on Wednesday, South Korea and Japan said, in the first such launch by Pyongyang this year. In the decade since Kim Jong Un took power, North Korea has made rapid progress in its military technology at the cost of international sanctions. The […]https://www.defencetalk.com/north-korea-fires-suspected-ballistic-missile-into-sea-77609/

DefenceTalkFlying above the Yellow Sea between Korea and China, a French naval crew scans the ocean surface for signs of contraband headed for North Korea. The team is part of an international mission enforcing United Nations sanctions on Pyongyang, flying surveillance trips from the US Futenma base in Japan’s Okinawa. “The UN sends us information […]https://www.defencetalk.com/the-uns-eyes-french-navy-enforces-north-korea-sanctions-77478/