Category: cruise missile

Japan’s Record Military Spending Request Set to Boost Budget

TOKYO—Japan’s government ministries have made budget requests totaling $784 billion for the next fiscal year—their second-largest total to date, driven largely by the defense ministry’s request for a rise in spending to record levels. The combined total spending requests made for next year’s budget came to 110.05 trillion yen, the Finance Ministry said on Monday,…


North Korea Successfully Tests First ‘Strategic’ Long-Range Cruise Missile: Report

North Korea over the weekend successfully test-fired a new long-range cruise missile capable of hitting targets 930 miles away, according to the country’s state-run Korean Central News Agency (KCNA). The multi-day operation was confirmed as a “success” by leading officials and scientists of the Academy of National Defense Science who took part in the testing of the…