United States Sanctions North Korea and Their Military Suppliers

While the United States is unable to stop the North Koreans from abandoning their nuclear weapons program, they’re going after the companies that do business with the government of Kim Jong Un. The Treasury Department has slapped additional sanctions on the financial, coal mining and military interests of North Korea by targeting companies that aid […]

U.N. council to vote on blacklisting more North Koreans: diplomats

The United Nations Security Council will vote on Friday on a U.S. and Chinese proposal to blacklist more North Korean individuals and entities after the country’s repeated ballistic missile launches, diplomats said on Thursday. The draft resolution, seen by Reuters, would sanction four entities, including the Koryo Bank and Strategic Rocket Force of the Korean […]

US successfully intercepts ICBM in test above the Pacific. What does this mean for North Korea?

For the first time ever, the United States military successfully intercepted and destroyed an airborne intercontinental ballistic missile armed with a mock nuclear warhead before it could reach its intended target. The U.S. Missile Defense Agency’s Ground-based Midcourse Defense (GMD) system has received its fair share of critics (full disclosure, this writer is among them) […]

With eyes on North Korea, U.S. successfully destroys mock ICBM over Pacific

The U.S. military destroyed a mock intercontinental ballistic missile thousands of miles over the Pacific for the first time Tuesday, a step forward for a missile-defense program that has taken on new significance in light of North Korean threats. The ground-based midcourse defense (GMD) system used a five-foot “kill vehicle” released from a larger ground-based […]

B-1 Lancer Bombers Show of Force Over Korea…Again

The US conducted a joint exercise Monday with the Republic of Korea (ROK) flying a number of B-1 Lancer bombers near the demilitarized zone that separates South Korea from North Korea. A spokesperson for the ROK military confirmed the exercise but did not disclosure the number of B-1 aircraft that participated. North Korea lambasted the […]

South Korean President orders probe into THAAD deployment

Newly elected South Korean President Moon Jae-in has ordered a probe into the American THAAD missile defense system recently deployed to his nation after his Defense Ministry failed to inform him that four additional launchers for the THAAD had been brought into the country, according to local reports emerging on Tuesday. The THAAD (Terminal High […]

US plans first test intercept of ICBM for Tuesday

The United States has announced plans to conduct its first ever attempt to shoot down an intercontinental range ballistic missile, as part of an effort to increase readiness for a potential attack from North Korea. As SOFREP has covered before, the missile defense platforms utilized by the mainland United States don’t have a particularly good […]

North Korea Fires Scud Ballistic Missile into the Sea of Japan

The North Koreans are it again, test firing a Scud-type ballistic missile that successfully launched and landed in the Sea of Japan off Korea’s east coast. This was the latest in a series of missile tests that the reclusive, belligerent nation has conducted in recent weeks. This latest test unleashed a protest from Japan who […]