South Korea, which called the launch “reckless and irresponsible,” said the missile flew about 500 kilometers (300 miles) from an area near Pukchang, in western North Korea, according to CNN. Japanese Defense Minister Tomomi Inada said the missile hit the ...
Read More »North Korea could be in final stages of nuclear test preparations: report
Washington-based 38 North, a website that monitors North Korea, said the images from Saturday showed the continued presence of vehicles and trailers at the Punggye-ri test site and signs that communications cables may have been laid to a test tunnel, ...
Read More »North Korea says ballistic missile test was a ‘success’
The device was described as a “surface-to-surface medium-to-long-range ballistic missile”, according to the Korean state news agency KCNA, Joinfo.com reports with reference to the BBC. South Korea’s defence ministry called it an armed provocation to test the response of US ...
Read More »North Korea missile lands near Japan waters, alarms Tokyo
The main body of the missile landed in Japan’s economic exclusion zone, a Japanese defence official said, escalating regional tensions that were already high after a series of missile launches this year and the decision by the United States to ...
Read More »South Korea says North Korea fired missile into sea
The projectile was fired from a region near the North’s east coast, a South Korean military official said by telephone, Reuters reports. It was a short-range surface to air missile, another official at the office of the Joint Chiefs of ...
Read More »Russia launched a ballistic missile
Russian Defense Ministry published video of training launch a ballistic missile “Sineva” in the Barents Sea. It was performed from the strategic missile submarine “Verkhoturye.” The launch was made from a submerged position. At the appointed time the missile warhead ...
Read More »North Korea failed to launch a missile from submarine
According to a source from the South Korean government, the failure took place in the Sea of Japan, Joinfo.ua reports with the reference to Asian Review. There is no evidence yet that a missile ever got airborne, the source said ...
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