North Korea Tested Firing Cruise Missiles on Feb 2 -KCNA More Reuters A combination picture shows a missile launch, as the state media report North Korea tested its new land-to-air cruise missiles off its west coast, North Korea, January 2, 2024. KCNA via REUTERS SEOUL (Reuters) - Nor...
"North Korea firing missiles in a way that sets off air raid sirens appears intended to threaten South Koreans to pressure their government to change policy," said Leif-Eric Easley, a professor at Ewha University in Seoul. "North Korea's expanding military capabilities and tests are worrisome,...
Seoul, South Korea— North Korea on Friday extended a provocative series of weapons tests by firing cruise missiles into the sea, as leader Kim Jong Un called for his military tostep up war preparationsand toured a shipyard. South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff said the U.S. and South Ko...
South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff said it detected North Korea firing multiple short-range ballistic missiles from north of its capital, Pyongyang, and said they traveled about 400 kilometers (244 miles) while flying toward the northeast. The joint chiefs said it was cl...
The firing sparks already heated tensions between Japan and North Korea. Thurday 6 October, North Korea fired two missiles as a “countermeasure” to a collaborative SouthKorean-American military exercise. The exercise was initiated as a “counteraction” to North Korea firing a ballistic missile ov...
North Korea is building two new submarines, including one capable of firing ballistic missiles, a South Korean lawmaker said on Tuesday, following a closed-door briefing by the South's National Intelligence Service. North Korea has a large submarine fleet but only one known experimental submarine...
The recent missile tests were the first public weapons firing activities of North Korea in over two months. On July 1, North Korea announced that it had tested a new tactical weapon capable of carrying a ‘super-large’ 4.5-ton warhead. For now, the timing of the launches comes as North...
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South Korea's military says North Korea test-fired a suspected intermediate-range ballistic missile toward waters off its eastern coast, as it pushes to advance its weapons aimed at U.S. targets in the Pacific.
That lofty goal was reflected ina flurry of testing, with North Korea firing missiles on 36 days this year, according to a CNN count. “For missiles, they set daily, monthly and yearly records,” said Bruce Klingner, senior research fellow at The Heritage Foundation’s Asian Studies Center....