Tag: missiles

North Korea Fires Two Missiles Into Sea on Final Day of South Korea’s Drills

North Korea fired two short-range ballistic missiles (SRBMs) off its east coast on Friday, according to South Korea’s military. South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff said in a statement that the two launches came from the North’s Tongchon area around midday. The launches on Friday were North Korea’s first ballistic missile tests since Oct. 14,…


Japan to Impose Additional Sanctions Against North Korea

TOKYO—Japan will impose additional sanctions against North Korea by freezing assets of groups involved in the development of missiles, Chief Cabinet Secretary Hirokazu Matsuno told a regular briefing on Tuesday. “We cannot tolerate North Korea’s repeated provocative actions which threaten Japan’s security and international peace and safety,” Matsuno said. North Korea fired artillery shells off…


UK to Send Air Defence Missiles to Ukraine

The UK will for the first time give Ukraine rockets that can shoot down cruise missiles, Defence Secretary Ben Wallace said on Thursday ahead of a NATO meeting in Brussels. The Ministry of Defence (MoD) said the AMRAAM (Advanced Medium-Range Air-to-Air Missile) rockets will help protect Ukraine’s critical national infrastructure as “Russia’s latest indiscriminate strikes on civilian areas in Ukraine warrant further…


North Korea Launches 2 Missiles Toward Sea After US–South Korea Drills

SEOUL, South Korea—North Korea fired two short-range ballistic missiles toward its eastern waters on Sunday, the latest of a recent barrage of weapons tests, a day after it warned the redeployment of a U.S. aircraft carrier near the Korean Peninsula was inflaming regional tensions. South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff said in a statement that…


China Using Machine Guns to Enforce Airport Lockdown

Thirty-one more Chinese companies were added to Washington’s “unverified” list—which makes it harder for them to import advanced U.S. technology. Tech giant IBM is investing $20 billion in New York, boosting U.S. microchip manufacturing and reducing U.S. dependence on Asia. Data on U.S. election workers was stored in China. Now, the CEO of a California…


North Korean Missiles—Keeping the US and Its Allies Distracted and Worried

Commentary This has been a busy year for North Korea’s missile developers—having launched 25 missiles (both ballistic and cruise missiles). The “shots” typically land in the ocean east of the Korean Peninsula but short of Japanese maritime territory. However, on Oct. 4, North Korea launched a ballistic missile that passed over northern Japan—prompting the Japanese government…


North Korea Fires Missiles as USS Ronald Reagan Redeploys

North Korea on Thursday fired two ballistic missiles into the Sea of Japan a day after the United States redeployed an aircraft carrier to waters in the region in response to the authoritarian regime firing a missile over Japan on Tuesday. South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) and the office of Japanese Prime Minister Fumio…


North Korea Test Launches Missiles on Eve of Harris Trip to Seoul

SEOUL, South Korea—North Korea fired two short-range ballistic missiles toward its eastern waters on Wednesday, its neighbors said, a day before U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris is to visit South Korea. Seoul’s Joint Chiefs of Staff said in a statement that the North Korean missiles lifted off 10 minutes apart on Wednesday afternoon from its…


CCP Military Expert Brags Chinese Military Drills Forced US Navy to ‘Back Away’ From Taiwan

On Aug. 5, the Chinese communist regime’s state-run central television (CCTV) boasted that the Chinese military exercises targeting Taiwan forced the USS Ronald Reagan Carrier Strike Group to “back away” from Taiwan and U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s plane to “detour” east of the Philippines from Kuala Lumpur to the island. CCTV interviewed Meng Xiangqing,…


Capitol Report (Aug. 4): China Fires Missiles Around Taiwan; White House Declares Monkeypox a Health Emergency

President Joe Biden is urging Congress to pass what’s dubbed the Inflation Reduction Act. But Republicans argue the bill will do the exact opposite of what its name suggests. China conducted live-fire drills, launching missiles into the waters near Taiwan, and Beijing says these so-called drills will continue for at least the next few days….