North Korea “clearly” has the range to hit parts of the United States with an intercontinental ballistic missile — but not with much accuracy, a top US general said Tuesday. Pyongyang on July 4 for the first time tested an ICBM that experts said could potentially reach parts of Alaska or Hawaii. But General Paul … Read more
North Korea’s intercontinental ballistic missile is “likely” to be able to deliver a 500 kilogram warhead to San Diego within two years, a US monitoring group said Tuesday, after its launch sparked global alarm last week. The isolated, nuclear-armed state’s first successful ICBM test was described by leader Kim Jong-Un as a gift to “American … Read more
Pyongyang deployed one of its most symbolic media assets to declare a key moment in North Korea’s missile development — a female TV announcer in her 70s. Ri Chun-Hee has previously told her loyal viewers of the deaths of the country’s founder Kim Il-Sung and his son Kim Jong-Il, and several of the nuclear tests … Read more
North Korea’s latest missile launch was a successful test of a new type of “ground-to-sea cruise rocket”, Pyongyang’s state media said Friday. The official KCNA news agency said the rocket was a “powerful attack means capable of striking any enemy group of battleships attempting at military attack on the DPRK (North Korea) from the ground … Read more
North Korea launched a series of what appeared to be “surface-to-ship” missiles on Thursday, South Korea’s defence ministry said — in what would be the latest in a string of tests in defiance of UN sanctions. “North Korea fired multiple unidentified projectiles, assumed to be surface-to-ship missiles, this morning from the vicinity of Wonsan, Gangwon … Read more
North Korea has fired a short-range ballistic missile, the third apparently successful test in as many weeks. The Scud flew about 450km (280 miles) before landing in Japanese waters, prompting Japan to lodge a protest. Observers say the tests indicate the North is making progress towards missiles capable of carrying warheads. The North has repeatedly … Read more
North Korea on Monday declared its medium-range Pukguksong-2 missile ready for deployment after a weekend test, the latest step in its quest to defy UN sanctions and develop an intercontinental rocket capable of striking US targets. The state-run Korean Central News Agency said the North’s leader Kim Jong-Un oversaw Sunday’s launch, which sparked a fresh … Read more
Thousands of men in their Sunday best and women in colourful traditional dress lined the streets of Pyongyang to give the scientists and workers behind North Korea’s latest missile test a hero’s welcome, state media reported Friday. “People’s enthusiastic welcome for defence science warriors,” ran a front-page headline in the Rodong Sinmun newspaper, the official … Read more