On 18 February, the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK, North Korea) test-fired a long-range ballistic missile Hwasong-15 ICBM, which is claimed to be capable of hitting targets in the US, reportedThe KoreaTimes. On 19 February, the UScarried out separate air exercises– one wi...
The indefinite deployment of a powerful U.S. weapon system in the northern Philippines and Beijing’s strong reaction to it has the makings of a new missile crisis. Manila wants to acquire a Typhon mid-range capability (MRC), but Beijing warned this would trigger a dangerous arms race. Mani...
In particular,America’s deploymentof the state-of-art Typhon missile system to the Philippines could potentially alter the balance of military force in the region. Confronted with China’s complaints, Filipino authorities initially downplayed the presence of much-vaunted Mid-Range Capability (MRC...
South Korean officials and experts say North Korea could conduct nuclear tests or ICBM test-launches before the U.S. election to increase its leverage in future diplomacy with the U.S. Observers say North Korea likely thinks a greater nuclear capability would help it win ...
Other weapons on display were another ICBM that North Korea tested in 2017; ballistic missiles that can be fired from submarines or a train; solid-fueled, short-range missiles; and a developmental hypersonic missile that had its first test-flight last month, said Lee Choon Geun, a missile ...
drills, which also included F-35 and F-15 fighter jets from South Korea, took place in the waters southwest of Jeju island, the ministry said. The U.S. F-22 jets were deployed in South Korea for the first time in four years and will stay throughout this week for training with So...
The DF-5B is believed to be China's first nuclear-armed ICBM with multiple independent re-entry vehicles. Officially, the DF-5B can carry only three nuclear warheads, but there are suspicions it can carry as many as five. The parade in Beijing comes roughly 20 years after the Taiwan Strai...
Putin has hailed Oreshnik’s capability, saying its multiple warheads that plunge to a target at Mach 10 are immune from interception and are so powerful that the use of several of them in one conventional strike could be as devastating as a nuclear attack. ...
Aegis Ashore sites cannot be used to intercept ICBMs. Indeed, while the Romanian Aegis Ashore is currently equipped with the less-capable SM-3 Block IB interceptor, the Polish Aegis Ashore site will use the SM-3 Block IIA interceptor, providing an ICBM-killing capability for the European ...
With development of the next-generation GBSD moving ahead, the US Air Force Nuclear Weapons Center (AFNWC) divided the management of its ICBM capability between two new directorates in May 2020. The AFNWC's former Intercontinental Ballistic Missile Systems Directorate at Hill Air Force Base, ...