Iran issues prison sentences for 2020 downing of Ukraine airliner Iran has said the suspects include missile defence personnel who made a ‘disastrous mistake’. Al Jazeera · Apr 16, 2023
S. Korea fires warning shots after North's boat crosses sea border SEOUL: South Korea fired warning shots toward a North Korean vessel that crossed the maritime border, South Korea's military said on Sunday, a day after the incident that further raised tension over the North's missile tests. Bangkok Post · Apr 16, 2023
South Korea fires warning shots after North's boat crosses sea border South Korea fired warning shots toward a North Korean vessel that crossed the maritime border, South Korea's military said on Sunday, a day after the incident that further raised tension over the North's missile tests. Reuters · Apr 16, 2023
Russia Says Wagner Fighters Seize 2 More Parts of Bakhmut Fighters of Russia's Wagner mercenary group have captured two more areas of the Ukrainian city of Bakhmut, Russia's Defense Ministry said on Saturday. Wagner has spearheaded Russia's attempt to take Bakhmut since last summer in what has been the longest and deadliest battle of the war for both sides. Reuters… Asharq Al-Awsat · Apr 15, 2023
Russia-Ukraine war live: new Russian law shows Moscow expects lengthy conflict, warns UK — as it happened UK Ministry of Defence says Kremlin has made it harder for civilians to avoid being drafted into the army The Guardian - AU · Apr 15, 2023
Ukraine awaits US missile system after latest Russian strike Ukrainian authorities say the death toll from Russian missile strikes on eastern Ukraine’s city of Sloviansk has gone up to 11 as rescue crews try to reach people trapped in the rubble of an apartment building The Independent UK · Apr 15, 2023
‘My vendetta against Putin’: the Ukrainian sculptor whose haunting work is shaped by war Mikhail Reva has used shrapnel and missile parts to recreate the nightmare world of the conflict The Guardian - UK · Apr 15, 2023
China says conducted mid-course missile interception test China says it carried out a successful ground-based mid-course missile interception test The Independent UK · Apr 15, 2023
S Korea, Japan, US to deepen security ties amid N Korea threat Allies condemn ‘in the strongest terms’ Pyongyang’s latest weapons test, and urge end to ‘destabilization’. Al Jazeera · Apr 15, 2023
US, Japan, South Korea to hold missile defence exercises to deter North Korea threat The United States, Japan and South Korea said in a joint statement they discussed the regularisation of missile defence and anti-submarine exercises to deter and respond to North Korea's nuclear and missile threats. Reuters · Apr 15, 2023
Russia-Ukraine war at a glance: what we know on day 416 of the invasion Nine killed and 21 wounded in Russian missile attack on apartment blocks in Sloviansk; Vladimir Putin signs bill sparking fears of new wave of mobilisation The Guardian - AU · Apr 15, 2023
Eleven killed in Russian strike, Ukraine rescue teams sift through wreckage Russian missiles hit residential buildings in the eastern Ukrainian city of Sloviansk on Friday, killing 11 people, wounding 21 and reducing parts of apartment blocks to a tangled mess of metal and concrete. Reuters · Apr 14, 2023
Vladimir Putin orders Pacific Fleet to test readiness for precision nuclear strikes Russia's Pacific Fleet will have to repel massive missile and air strikes during the drills as well as performing torpedo and artillery firing and launching missiles Daily Mirror · Apr 14, 2023
North Korea and Japan’s difficult history Long-term tensions between North Korea and Japan have risen dramatically after residents of Hokkaido were evacuated from their home when the hermit kingdom test-fired what could be a new type of ballistic missile. The Week · Apr 14, 2023
Al Jazeera · Apr 14, 2023 What’s solid-fuel technology and why’s North Korea developing it? A look at the characteristics of solid-fuel technology and how it can help North Korea improve its missile systems.
The Independent UK · Apr 14, 2023 Russia's Pacific Fleet put on high alert for snap drills The entire Russian Pacific Fleet has been put on high alert for snap drills that will involve practice missile launches
Evening Standard · Apr 14, 2023 North Korea tests new inter-continental missile thought to be its most powerful Kim Jong Un said the test would ‘strike extreme uneasiness and horror’ into his nation’s enemies
Asharq Al-Awsat · Apr 14, 2023 N. Korea Says It Tested New Solid-Fuel Long-Range Missile North Korea said Friday it flight-tested a solid-fuel intercontinental ballistic missile for the first time, a possible breakthrough in its efforts to acquire a more powerful, harder-to-detect weapon targeting the continental United States. North Korea’s official Korean Central News Agency issued the report a day after the country’s neighbors detected…
Reuters · Apr 14, 2023 Explainer-What is solid-fuel technology, and why is North Korea eager to develop it? North Korea says it has tested a new solid-fuel intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM), its first known use of the propellant in a longer-range projectile, as it seeks the capability to launch with little preparation.
Asharq Al-Awsat · Apr 14, 2023 Taiwan President Thanks Fighter Pilots as Chinese Drills Ebb Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen on Friday thanked fighter pilots who scrambled against China's air force during its drills around the island and pledged to keep strengthening the armed forces, as Beijing's military activities around the island ebbed. China began the exercises, including simulated precision strikes with bombers and missile forces,…
The New Daily · Apr 14, 2023 North Korea says missile test should horrify enemies North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un said its latest missile test should make enemies 'experience a clearer security crisis'.
Al Jazeera · Apr 14, 2023 North Korea tests first ever solid fuel ICBM, Hwasong-18 A longer-range solid-fuel ICBM has long been on leader Kim Jong Un’s weapons wish list.
The Guardian - AU · Apr 14, 2023 North Korea missile launch was new kind of ICBM, regime says, as first images emerge Kim Jong-un hails development of new solid-fuel rocket that can be deployed more quickly
WEKU · Apr 14, 2023 North Korea tests a powerful new kind of missile North Korea has successfully tested a solid-fueled ICBM, a type of missile that can be launched far more quickly than its current ones.
Daily Mirror · Apr 13, 2023 Kim Jong Un watches 'most powerful' missile launch with daughter, 10, in chilling images New images released by North Korea appear to show the country's leader seeing off his latest missile launch together with his young daughter. On Thursday a missile launch triggered an evacuation warning after fears it would fall near a Japanese isla