Air Force General: North Korea’s still missing key components for a functional ICBM

Over the past year, the media, and the American public, have devoted a great deal of attention to Kim Jong Un’s rapidly advancing nuclear weapon and ballistic missile programs. However, throughout repeated ballistic missile tests and the detonation of the reclusive state’s first dual-stage (hydrogen) nuclear bomb, certain elements of the recipe for intercontinental ballistic […]

US expected to launch new missile-detecting infrared spy satellite on Thursday

Although North Korea has been willing to engage in diplomatic talks with their neighboring South Korea regarding their participation in the upcoming Winter Olympics, delegates from Kim Jong Un’s regime have been clear that they are unwilling to even discuss Kim’s nuclear pursuits, nor do they appear willing to engage with the international community at […]

India successfully tests new nuclear capable ICBM with its sights set on China

India successfully test fired their latest and most advanced nuclear capable intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM), according to statements made by their military on Thursday. The new platform, dubbed the Agni-V, has an estimated range of over 3,100 miles, placing all of Asia, as well as parts of Europe and Africa within its operational range; something […]

North Korean test failure sent ballistic missile spiraling into nearby city

North Korea’s relentless pursuit of more capable ballistic missile platforms has led to a number of spectacular failures, but it seems at least one actually resulted in an intermediate-range ballistic missile (IRBM) flying off course in crashing into a heavily populated North Korean city last year. According to a report first published in The Diplomat, […]

Russia Fires Topol ballistic missile to test new tech to defeat missile defense systems

Russia says it has tested yet another new reentry vehicle design on an RS-12M Topol intercontinental ballistic missile, or ICBM. The development comes amid persistent complaints about America’s ballistic missile defense shield, as well as renewed tensions between the Kremlin and the U.S. government over various agreements limiting the development of nuclear weapons. On Dec. 26, 2017, the Russian […]

UN unanimously approves harshest sanctions on North Korea yet

The United Nations Security Council unanimously voted in favor of the strictest sanctions levied yet on Kim Jong Un’s North Korean regime on Friday.  This new round of sanctions will significantly reduce the nation’s access to crude oil and petroleum-based products, and aims to cut Kim off from one of his more important foreign revenue […]

Saudi Arabia says it intercepted ballistic missile fired from Yemen

Saudi Arabia said Tuesday it intercepted a ballistic missile south of its capital that was fired by a rebel group in neighboring Yemen, raising regional tensions amid Saudi claims that Iran is supplying the rebel fighters with weapons. The attempted missile strike marked the second time that the rebels, known as Houthis, have targeted Riyadh […]

White House refutes Tillerson’s offer to engage NK in diplomatic talks

One day after U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson made a series of statements indicating an open willingness to engage in diplomatic talks with North Korea without any preconditions, the White House issued its own statement directly contradicting America’s top diplomat. We’ve said from the diplomatic side, we’re ready to talk anytime North Korea would […]

Russian Foreign Ministry responds to US allegations of violating nuclear treaty

One day after the U.S. State Department announced intentions to match Russian violations of the 1987 Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty by developing cruise missile platforms to match Russian assets, the Russian Foreign Ministry accused the Americans of misrepresenting the facts of the situation. State Department spokeswoman Heather Nauert announced on Friday that that United States […]

North Korea doctors the photos of their Hwasong-15, but experts aren’t sure why

According to experts, North Korea appears to have doctored the images released of their latest missile launch, depicting their most advanced missile platform to date, the Hwasong-15.  Oddly, it wasn’t the missile itself that appears to have been the subject of the image manipulation, but the backdrop. North Korea has a long history of manipulating […]

China’s new ICBM set to enter service next year, puts North Korea’s to shame

While a great deal of attention has been paid to North Korea’s rapidly developing arsenal of intercontinental ballistic missiles, a solid argument could be made that the real looming threat to America’s long term security is coming from a different nation in the Pacific: China.  China’s national military, the People’s Liberation Army, has been undergoing […]