Picture of the Day: Decontamination Training at Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center

Marines with Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron (HMLA) 267 and Marine Aircraft Group (MAG) 39 chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear (CBRN) prepare for detailed aircraft decontamination training at Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center, Twentynine Palms, Calif., Jan. 25. HMLA-267 Marines learned the five station, five-stage process and will now serve as subject matter experts […]

Test of the land-based Aegis missile defense system fails in Hawaii

A test of the U.S. military’s Aegis missile defense system in Hawaii appears to have ended in failure on Wednesday, when the SM-3 Block IIA missile launched to intercept failed to connect with a mock offensive ballistic missile launch. This marks the second failure of the Aegis missile defense system in the past year, coinciding […]

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 […]

U.S. swaps out conventional bombers for nuclear ones near North Korea

While North Korea and many media outlets have erroneously identified America’s Guam-based bomber presence tasked with executing show of force operations directed at North Korea as “nuclear” provocations, the B-1B Lancers that have been deployed to the region for the past year and a half or so are decidedly non-nuclear assets. The bombers that just […]

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, […]

North Korean nuclear scientist kills himself after being caught trying to defect

New reports out of Asia are now indicating that a North Korean nuclear scientist killed himself last month after a failed attempt at defecting through neighboring China. Local news outlets have reported the man’s name as Hyun Cheol Huh, though the North Korean government has yet to acknowledge the incident, nor have they confirmed the man’s […]