DefenceTalkDonald Trump’s administration ramped up the pressure on North Korea on Sunday (Sep 17) ahead of a week of high-stakes diplomacy at the United Nations, warning Pyongyang will be “destroyed” if it refuses to end its “reckless” nuclear and ballistic missile drive. With US officials and their allies scrambling to find ways to contain an […]https://www.defencetalk.com/us-warns-north-korea-will-be-destroyed-if-threats-continue-70472/

DefenceTalkOpposition parties and sections of South Korea’s media are stepping up calls for the government to invite the United States to reintroduce tactical nuclear weapons to the country as Pyongyang is showing no signs of halting its development of nuclear weapons and intercontinental ballistic missiles. The US withdrew its battlefield nuclear weapons from South Korea […]https://www.defencetalk.com/south-korea-to-bring-back-us-tactical-nuclear-missiles-70430/

DefenceTalkUS President Donald Trump on Monday (Sep 4) told his South Korean counterpart Washington was willing to approve arms sales worth “many billions of dollars” to Seoul following Pyongyang’s test of what it said was a miniaturized hydrogen bomb. President Trump “provided his conceptual approval for the purchase of many billions of dollars’ worth of […]https://www.defencetalk.com/us-could-sell-south-korea-billions-of-dollars-of-arms-amid-tensions-70420/

DefenceTalkChina strongly condemned North Korea’s Sunday nuclear test, slamming Pyongyang for ignoring international condemnation of its atomic weapons programme. North Korea “has ignored the international community’s widespread opposition, again carrying out a nuclear test. China’s government expresses resolute opposition and strong condemnation toward this,” the foreign ministry said in a statement on its website. “We […]https://www.defencetalk.com/china-strongly-condemns-north-korean-nuclear-test-foreign-ministry-70414/

DefenceTalkAfter days of fiery talk of possible military intervention in the North Korea nuclear stand-off, Pentagon officials late last week suddenly found themselves digesting a surprising piece of breaking news. President Donald Trump, in the middle of a working vacation, stood before cameras and said the United States was also mulling options against crisis-hit Venezuela, […]https://www.defencetalk.com/pentagon-adjusts-to-life-under-unpredictable-commander-in-chief-70292/

DefenceTalkChina and Russia pushed on Tuesday (Aug 15) for talks to defuse the “confrontational spiral” between the US and North Korea after Kim Jong-Un stepped back from a planned missile strike near Guam. The North Korean leader said he would wait and see how the United States behaved before deciding whether to execute the planned […]https://www.defencetalk.com/china-russia-push-talks-as-north-korea-steps-back-from-missile-launches-70273/

DefenceTalkSecretary of State Rex Tillerson said Tuesday, after North Korea’s Kim Jong-Un postponed a threat to fire missiles towards the US territory of Guam, that Washington remains ready for talks. But the top US diplomat said it would be up to Kim when such negotiations would begin, having previously insisted Pyongyang must demonstrate that it […]https://www.defencetalk.com/us-says-open-to-talk-if-north-korea-ready-to-disarm-70269/

DefenceTalkNuclear-armed North Korea mocked President Donald Trump as “bereft of reason” Thursday (Aug 10), raising the stakes in their stand-off with an unusually detailed plan to send a salvo of missiles towards the US territory of Guam. The scheme to target the island, a key US military stronghold, was intended to “signal a crucial warning” […]https://www.defencetalk.com/north-korea-mocks-trump-hones-guam-strike-plans-70264/

DefenceTalkNorth Korea said on Wednesday (Aug 9) that it is considering strikes near US strategic military installations in Guam with its intermediate range ballistic missiles, state news agency KCNA reported. The threat came hours after US President Donald Trump threatened Pyongyang with “fire and fury” over its missile programme and days after the UN Security […]https://www.defencetalk.com/north-korea-threatens-missile-strike-near-us-territory-guam-70262/

DefenceTalkPresident Donald Trump issued an apocalyptic warning to North Korea on Tuesday, saying it faces “fire and fury” over its missile program, after US media reported Pyongyang has successfully miniaturized a nuclear warhead. North Korea raised the stakes just hours later, saying it was considering missile strikes near US strategic military installations on the Pacific […]https://www.defencetalk.com/trump-warns-north-korea-of-fire-and-fury-70260/