S. Korea says N. Korea has fired 2 more projectiles into sea

Credit to Author: jvicente| Date: Fri, 16 Aug 2019 06:42:29 +0000

S. Korea says N. Korea has fired 2 more projectiles into sea

SEOUL, South Korea — South Korea’s military said North Korea fired two projectiles into the sea Friday to extend a recent streak of weapons tests believed to be aimed at pressuring Washington and Seoul over slow nuclear diplomacy. South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff said the projectiles launched from the North’s eastern coast flew about […]

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US says it’s consulting on Asian missile deployment

Credit to Author: jespinosa| Date: Tue, 13 Aug 2019 12:08:17 +0000

US Under Secretary of State Andrea Thompson attends a panel discussion after the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) conference in Beijing on January 31, 2019. (Photo by THOMAS PETER / POOL / AFP)

BEIJING — A senior U.S. diplomat says Washington is consulting with its allies as it proceeds with plans to deploy intermediate-range missiles in Asia, a move China says it will respond to with countermeasures. Washington has said it plans to place such weapons in the Asia-Pacific following the U.S. withdrawal from the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces […]

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North Korea’s Kim: Missile test ‘adequate warning’

Credit to Author: ggaviola| Date: Tue, 06 Aug 2019 23:37:19 +0000

North Korea's Kim: Missile test 'adequate warning'

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea said Wednesday leader Kim Jong Un supervised a live-fire demonstration of newly-developed short-range ballistic missiles he said were intended to send an “adequate warning” to the United States and South Korea over their joint military exercises.

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US to test new missile as arms treaty with Russia ends

Credit to Author: besguerra| Date: Sat, 03 Aug 2019 01:19:09 +0000

US to test new missile as arms treaty with Russia ends

With the scrapping of a landmark arms control agreement Friday, the U.S. announced plans to test a new missile amid growing concerns about emerging threats and new weapons.

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North Korea says it tested new rocket system

Credit to Author: ggaviola| Date: Wed, 31 Jul 2019 23:12:12 +0000

North Korea says it tested new rocket system

SEOUL, South Korea – North Korea on Thursday said leader Kim Jong Un supervised test firings of a new multiple rocket launcher system he sees as soon serving a “main role” in his military’s land combat operations.

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Trump downplays North Korean missile threat

Credit to Author: jespinosa| Date: Sun, 26 May 2019 04:25:20 +0000

U.S. President Donald Trump waves as he arrives at the Haneda International Airport Saturday, May 25, 2019, in Tokyo. (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara, Pool)

In an apparent contradiction of his national security adviser, President Donald Trump on Sunday downplayed recent North Korean missile tests, tweeting from Tokyo that they’re not a concern for him — even though they are for Japan.

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North Korea fires 2 suspected missiles in possible new warning

Credit to Author: kadraneda| Date: Thu, 09 May 2019 11:31:38 +0000

North Korea fires 2 suspected missiles in possible new warning

North Korea on Thursday fired two suspected short-range missiles from the country’s western area, South Korea’s military said.

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Trump suspends arms treaty, citing Chinese, Russian threats

Credit to Author: Dennis Maliwanag| Date: Sat, 02 Feb 2019 05:00:37 +0000

Trump suspends arms treaty, citing Chinese, Russian threats

The Trump administration is pulling the plug on a decades-old nuclear arms treaty with Russia, lifting what it sees as unreasonable constraints on competing with a resurgent Russia and a more assertive China.

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