Tag: missile

US Responds to Report of China Weapon Test

America’s defense chief reacts to news of a potential nuclear threat after Beijing reportedly tested a new weapon that can help it avoid the U.S. missile defense system. A Chinese fugitive dies as police close in. Despite allegedly killing two neighbors, his desperate story has won public sympathy. And his death triggered an outrage on…


‘We Just Don’t Know’ How to Defend Against Possible Chinese Hypersonic Missile: US Ambassador

News Analysis A new investigative report by the Financial Times asserted that China launched a nuclear-capable hypersonic missile, which circled the earth in a low orbit before striking down and narrowly missing a test target. The Chinese regime has officially denied the report’s findings, saying that the object in question was a spaceship. U.S. disarmament…


MH17 Investigations Team Appeals to Russians for Information

THE HAGUE, Netherlands—The international team investigating the downing of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 over eastern Ukraine seven years ago appealed Thursday for Russians in the city of Kursk to come forward with information about the deployment of the missile that investigators say downed the plane, killing all 298 people on board. The call for witnesses…


Israel Says Syrian Missile Was Misfire, Not Attack on Israeli Nuclear Reactor

JERUSALEM—The Israeli military said Thursday that a Syrian missile that reached deep into Israeli territory and set off air raid sirens near the country’s top-secret nuclear reactor was the result of a misfire and not a deliberate attack. The missile landed in southern Israel early Thursday, prompting Israel to respond with airstrikes on the missile…