Nukes

Pyongyang’s recent flurry of missile tests — most recently, a submarine-launched ballistic missile South Korea says North Korea launched Tuesday — and the apparent resumption of nuclear weapons materials production at the Yongbyon reactor are reminders that North Korea remains a central perennial problem befuddling U.S. foreign policy. Despite North…

China has tested hypersonic missiles, not once but twice during the last three months, a development that “stunned” US intelligence officials, a report said on Thursday. The report, published by The Financial Times, stated that the first test took place on 27 July and included launching a rocket that employed…

US President Joe Biden speaks to media as he boards Air Force One for travel to Pennsylvania from Joint Base Andrews, Maryland, US October 20, 2021. ― Reuters pic WASHINGTON, Oct 21 ― US President Joe Biden said yesterday he is concerned about Chinese hypersonic missiles, days after a media…

North Korea successfully tested a new type of submarine-launched ballistic missile, state media reported Wednesday as the nuclear-armed country seeks to show off its ever-expanding military capabilities. Tuesday’s test, carried out near Sinpo, the site of a major naval dockyard, came as both Koreas build up their weapons technology in…

Updated: 19 Oct 2021, 12:49 PM IST The United States is "very concerned" about China's hypersonic missile tests, US disarmament ambassador Robert Wood said Monday, after reports that Beijing launched one with a nuclear capacity in August. On Saturday, the Financial Times reported that China had launched a hypersonic missile…

Sen. Lindsey Graham said Monday that China’s reported development of a nuclear-capable hypersonic missile would be “the biggest game-changer in the last 40 years,” if true. “If in fact the Chinese have developed a hypersonic missile that can deliver a nuclear weapon, it’s a military game-changer when it comes to nuclear…

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…