Commercial passenger jet passes within 10 minutes of spot where North Korean missile lands

Commercial passenger jet passes within 10 minutes of spot where North Korean missile lands

The possible unintended consequences of North Korea’s ICBM missile launch tests are starting to become clear. An Air France passenger jet with over 300 people on board apparently passed within 10 minutes of where the latest North Korean missile landed in the Sea of Japan. Flight data from the time of the ICBM’s landing on Friday indicates […]

Chinese President Xi: China ‘loves peace’ but will defend claims of sovereignty

Chinese President Xi: China ‘loves peace’ but will defend claims of sovereignty

Chinese President Xi Jinping claimed his nation “loves peace” but will never compromise defending its sovereignty in the pursuit of it during a speech he gave at the 90th anniversary celebration of the People’s Liberation Army. While most nations use a definition of sovereignty that extends to its formal and recognized borders, however, China has […]

Experts: North Korea’s ICBM could reach targets as far away as Boston, New York

Experts: North Korea’s ICBM could reach targets as far away as Boston, New York

North Korea conducted yet another ballistic missile test on Friday, but this one may have been the most ominous yet.  The North Korean Hwasong-14 missile, which derives its name from the Korean word for Mars, reached a peak altitude of 2,314.5 miles and remained airborne for a whopping 47 minutes and 12 seconds before ultimately splashing […]

Everything we know about North Korea’s bioweapons program

Everything we know about North Korea’s bioweapons program

North Korea’s successful launch of an intercontinental ballistic missile on July 4 heightened global fears about the deadly threat of nuclear war. But nuclear weapons are not the only weapons of mass destruction that experts think North Korea is developing. They warn that the secretive state also possesses chemical weapon stores and may maintain an ongoing biological weapons program as well. […]