Nukes

It comes just days after leader of the secretive state Kim Jong-un showed off his country’s latest nuclear missiles and accused the US and South Korea of creating tensions The launch happened on Tuesday. File image (Image: KCNA VIA KNS/AFP via Getty Image) North Korea has fired at least one…

(His remarks were included in the Foreign Ministry’s English version of the press conference transcript, but this was later deleted for unknown reasons, and the Chinese version has not been published yet. Some of Zhao’s remarks were preserved in this Global Times readout.) Implications of hypersonic technology Hypersonic weapons have…

Published October 18, 2021 9:17pm TBILISI, Georgia — US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said on Monday Washington was closely watching China's development of advanced weapons systems, while declining to comment directly on a report that Beijing had tested a nuclear-capable hypersonic missile. The Chinese foreign ministry denied the report in…

North Korea could be poised to resume tests of nuclear bombs and intercontinental ballistic missiles, a U.S. intelligence agency warns. In a report released last week, the U.S. Defense Intelligence Agency said, "Integrating a nuclear weapon with a ballistic missile and enabling that nuclear-armed missile to function reliably as a…

U.S. intelligence agencies were caught by surprise when China secretly tested a nuclear-capable low-orbit hypersonic missile in August, the Financial Times reported Saturday. The weapon circled the globe before descending upon its target, missing by about two dozen miles. The Pentagon is aware China has been working on hypersonic weapons technology…

published : 17 Oct 2021 at 15:39 FILE PHOTO: The newly developed hypersonic missile Hwasong-8 is test-fired by the Academy of Defence Science of the DPRK in Toyang-ri, Ryongrim County of Jagang Province, North Korea, in this undated photo released on Sept 29, 2021 by North Korea's Korean Central News…

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The braid worked as planned though, and at 3 p.m. China time, Miss Qiu exploded in a blinding flash of light, followed by a mushroom cloud rising into the skies of eastern Xinjiang. Needless to say, “Miss Qiu” was not a person. It was the code name of China’s first…

The consolidation of the defense industry hurts American innovation and resilience. The United States is preparing to spend half a trillion dollars over the next ten years to modernize its nuclear weapons stockpile. Fifty-year-old systems are beginning to reach the end of their original lifespans and face serious readiness issues. This modernization…

The Biden administration announced Saturday sanctions imposed by Donald Trump against two Iranian companies that backed Tehran’s illicit nuclear missile programs will be lifted immediately. UPI reports the U.S. Treasury Department removed Mammut Industries and its subsidiary, Mammut Diesel, from its Specially Designated Nationals list. The Trump administration sanctioned the companies in September 2020…