DefenceTalkKim Jong Un supervised the test-firing of a new guided weapons system to improve North Korea’s “tactical nukes”, state media said Sunday, capping days of celebrations surrounding the birthday of the country’s founding leader. The launch was the latest in an unprecedented blitz of sanctions-busting weapons-tests this year, which included firing an intercontinental ballistic missile […]https://www.defencetalk.com/north-korea-tests-new-weapons-system-to-improve-tactical-nukes-78700/

DefenceTalkAfter firing its largest-ever missile, North Korea is preparing to conduct a nuclear test, officials and analysts say, reviving a longstanding debate south of the border: should Seoul have nukes too? Pyongyang has conducted a blitz of sanctions-busting weapons tests this year, including launching an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) at full range for the first […]https://www.defencetalk.com/north-koreas-tests-stir-nuclear-debate-in-south-78685/

DefenceTalkPyongyang is ignoring US overtures for talks and could be planning its first nuclear weapon test in nearly five years for its April 15 holiday, the State Department’s top North Korea envoy said Wednesday. Sung Kim, the Special Representative for North Korea Policy, said Washington thinks Pyongyang could be planning a big show of its […]https://www.defencetalk.com/north-korea-nuclear-test-on-coming-anniversary-us-envoy-78638/

DefenceTalkNorth Korea will use its nuclear weapons to “eliminate” South Korea’s army in the event they launch a pre-emptive strike, the powerful sister of leader Kim Jong Un said Tuesday. Kim Yo Jong’s warning, carried in state media, was her second angry retort in three days to comments made by South Korea’s defence chief Suh […]https://www.defencetalk.com/kims-sister-says-north-korea-nukes-could-eliminate-south-78592/

DefenceTalkTwo South Korean air force planes collided in mid-air Friday, killing four pilots, Seoul’s military said. The KT-1 trainer jets crashed near the city of Sacheon, about 300 kilometers south of the capital Seoul, according to military authorities. “Two KT-1 trainer jets at the Sacheon Air Base collided in mid-air while training and crashed,” the […]https://www.defencetalk.com/four-dead-in-south-korea-air-force-jet-crash-military-78571/

DefenceTalkNorth Korea fired a suspected ballistic missile Saturday, Seoul’s military said, continuing this year’s record-breaking blitz of weapons tests with a launch just days before South Korea’s presidential election. From hypersonic to medium-range ballistic missiles, Pyongyang test-fired a string of weaponry in January and last week launched what it claimed was a component of a […]https://www.defencetalk.com/north-korea-fires-ballistic-missile-ahead-of-souths-election-78304/

DefenceTalkNorth Korea fired at least one “unidentified projectile” on Saturday, South Korea’s military said, the nuclear-armed country’s ninth suspected weapons test this year. “North Korea fired an unidentified projectile eastward,” Seoul’s Joint Chiefs of Staff said in a statement, without giving further details. Pyongyang carried out an unprecedented seven weapons tests in January, including of […]https://www.defencetalk.com/north-korea-fires-unidentified-projectile-souths-military-2-78301/

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/

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/

DefenceTalkSouth Korea has grounded its entire fleet of advanced F-35 fighter jets, officials said Wednesday, pending a probe into a dramatic emergency landing. After the landing gear on a South Korean F-35A stopped working during a major systems malfunction, the pilot chose not to eject and instead landed the jet on its belly — walking […]https://www.defencetalk.com/south-korea-grounds-f-35s-after-malfunction-forces-emergency-landing-77619/