North Korea launches a new intercontinental ballistic missile designed to threaten U.S.

North Korea launches a new intercontinental ballistic missile designed to threaten U.S.

North Korea launched a new intercontinental ballistic missile on Thursday (October 31, 2024) in its first test in almost a year of a weapon designed to threaten the U.S. mainland and occurring days ahead of the U.S. election. North Korean leader Kim Jong Un ordered the missile test and was at the launch site, calling … Read more

Japan launches an intelligence-gathering satellite to watch for North Korean missiles

Japan launches an intelligence-gathering satellite to watch for North Korean missiles

An H2A rocket is lifted from the launch pad at Tanegashima Space Center, in Kagoshima, southern Japan, on January 12, 2024. | Photo Credit: AP Japan launched a rocket carrying a government intelligence-gathering satellite on January 12 on a mission to watch movements at military sites in North Korea and improve responses to natural disasters. … Read more

North Korea fires cruise missiles into the sea after U.S.-South Korean military drills end

North Korea fires cruise missiles into the sea after U.S.-South Korean military drills end

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un observes what it says the test-firing of strategic cruisemissiles. | file photo | Photo Credit: AP North Korea launched several cruise missiles into the sea Saturday, South Korea’s military said, extending its weapons testing activities in response to the United States-South Korea summer military drills. South Korea’s military detected the launches … Read more