KCNA said the missile, which flew about 800 kilometers (500 miles), was tipped with a mock nuclear warhead and that the test reaffirmed the reliability of the weapon's nuclear explosion control devices and warhead detonators. It said the launch was the final step of a two-day drill that ...
All of North Korea's launches violate United Nations Security Council resolutions that ban missile development by the Kim regime. Kim, however, insists his isolated nation needs to develop its weapons, including its nuclear missiles, to defend against the threat of an attack by the U.S. ...
Analysts say North Korea could conduct a nuclear test explosion or long-range missile test ahead of the U.S. presidential election in November with the intent of influencing the outcome and increasing its leverage in future dealings with the new U.S. administration. ___ ...
North Korea follows up nuclear test with threats and missile testsJohn Matson
[02:43.72]Nuclear-armed North Korea has tested [02:47.36]a record number of missiles this year. [02:50.72]Officials from South Korea and the U.S. [02:55.08]said the North has completed technical work [02:59.04]to te...
UNsanctions(制裁)ban North Korea from allballistic(弹道的)missile-related activities. The sanctions were strengthened after Pyongyang carried out a second underground nuclear test in May. North Korea is now banned from exporting all weapons and importing all but small arms. ...
"These demonstrations might be considered missile exercising rather than developmental testing," the U.S.-based Center for International and Strategic Studies said in a report this week. North Korea could test-fire ICBMs on a lower, longer trajectory and conduct its seventh nuclear ...
The launch was North Korea's18th round of missile tests in 2022 alone— a streak that has included the country's first demonstrations of intercontinental ballistic missiles in nearly five years — as it continues to exploit a favorable environment to push forward weapons development with the U.N...
North Korea has fired more than 90 cruise and ballistic missiles so far this year, showing off a range of weapons as experts warn of a potential nuclear test on the horizon. Though the tests themselves aren’t new,their sheer frequencymarks a significant escalation that has put the Pacific ...
Speaking just before the North’s latest missile launch, Hyten, who oversees U.S. nuclear forces and monitors North Korea, told reporters that the size, yield and other indications in North Korea’s most recent nuclear test “equates to a hydrogen bomb.” Article content He said he could ...