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Kim Jong Un's Latest Move 'Needlessly Raises Tensions'

ICBM test launch on Thursday is reportedly the longest such launch yet by the North

(Newser) - North Korea says it conducted an intercontinental ballistic missile test on Thursday, in what CNN reports is believed to have been the longest ICBM launch by the North to date. According to South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff, the missile was fired almost straight up into the air from...

Missile Didn't Explode— It Was a Multiwarhead, Says North Korea

South Korea may have misinterpreted the nature of Wednesday missile test, analyst says

(Newser) - North Korea said Thursday it had successfully tested a multiwarhead missile, a sophisticated weapon coveted by leader Kim Jong Un to overwhelm missile defenses in the continental United States, the AP reports. The launch tested the separation and guidance control of individual mobile warheads to ensure the capability of the...

North Korea's Missile Launch Ended in Explosion, Says South

South Korea says suspected hypersonic missile launch failed

(Newser) - A suspected hypersonic missile launched by North Korea exploded in flight on Wednesday, South Korea's military said, a development that comes as North Korea is protesting the regional deployment of a US aircraft carrier for a trilateral military drill with South Korea and Japan. South Korea's Joint Chiefs...

North Korea Claims Hypersonic Missile Test Launch

It would be the North's first ballistic test of 2024

(Newser) - North Korea on Monday said it flight-tested a new solid-fuel intermediate-range missile tipped with a hypersonic warhead as it pursues more powerful, harder-to-detect weapons designed to strike remote US targets in the region. The report by North Korea's state media came a day after the South Korean and Japanese...

North Korea Gets Some Russian Help in Latest Rocket Launch

Another rocket launch after 2 failures, ostensibly to deploy a spy satellite

(Newser) - North Korea has launched a rocket in what may be its third attempt to put a spy satellite into orbit, according to South Korea's military. A rocket was launched late Tuesday, the military in Seoul said, but no further details were immediately available, reports the AP . In North Korea'...

North Korea Launches Ballistic Missile

Pyongyang is angry over alleged US spy plane

(Newser) - North Korea launched a ballistic missile toward its eastern waters Wednesday, its neighbors said, two days after the North threatened "shocking" consequences to protest what it called a provocative US reconnaissance activity near its territory, the AP reports. South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff says the launch was...

North Korea: This ICBM Was Like No Other

Country claims ICBM launched Thursday was a solid-fuel version

(Newser) - North Korea's neighbors reported the country launched a missile on Thursday morning, and on Friday, Pyongyang said it wasn't just any missile: The regime claimed it tested a solid-fuel intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) for the first time, which the AP frames as "a possible breakthrough in its...

N. Korea: Latest Launch Simulated Nuclear Attack on South

Kim Jong Un calls for country's nuclear forces to increase readiness for war

(Newser) - North Korea on Monday described its latest ballistic missile launch as a simulated nuclear attack on South Korea as leader Kim Jong Un called for his nuclear forces to sharpen their war readiness in the face of his rival's expanding military exercises with the United States. The report by...

As Historic Summit Looms, North Korea Launches ICBM

South Korea, Japan leaders are meeting at first such summit in 12 years

(Newser) - Amid the biggest South Korea-US joint military exercises in five years—and hours before a Tokyo summit between the leaders of South Korea and Japan—North Korea test-launched an intercontinental ballistic missile Thursday morning. It was Pyongyang's third weapons test this week, and its fourth ICBM test in less...

North Korea's 'Provocative Streak' Just Widened

Pyongyang says it test-fired 4 long-range cruise missiles on Thursday

(Newser) - North Korea said Friday it test-fired long-range cruise missiles off its eastern coast a day earlier, adding to a provocative streak in weapons demonstrations as its rivals step up military training. The launches, which were later confirmed by South Korea's military, were intended to verify the reliability of the...

Kim's Sister Warns of 'Using the Pacific as Our Firing Range'

As North Korea carries out its 2nd weapons test in 3 days

(Newser) - North Korea fired two short-range ballistic missiles off its eastern coast on Monday in its second weapons test in three days. South Korea's military said it detected the two missile launches from a western coastal town just north of Pyongyang. Japan said both missiles landed in the waters between...

North Korea Promises Serious Threat, Then Fires Missile

US, South Korea respond with missile defense drills

(Newser) - Hours after calling US efforts to increase its security presence in the Asia Pacific a "gamble it will regret," North Korea on Thursday launched what South Korean officials say was yet another short-range ballistic missile, fired eight days after the last . Launched Thursday from the eastern city of...

North Korea on That Barrage of Missile Tests: We're Practicing

To attack South Korea, US, says Pyongyang

(Newser) - North Korea’s military said Monday its recent barrage of missile tests were practices to “mercilessly” strike key South Korean and US targets such as air bases and operation command systems with a variety of missiles that are likely nuclear-capable, the AP reports. The North’s announcement underscored leader...

NK's 'Outrageous' ICBM Launch Malfunctioned: South Korea

US-South now extending military exercises that irked North in the first place

(Newser) - Pyongyang launched at least three missiles Thursday morning, one of them believed to be a long-range intercontinental ballistic missile, but now defense officials in Seoul are saying that latter one may have been a dud, per the Guardian . "North Korea's ICBM launch is presumed to have ended in...

Japanese Told to Take Shelter as North Korea Launches Missile

Though missile did not ultimately fly over the country

(Newser) - Evacuation warnings were triggered in Japan amid North Korea's latest round of missile launches. Pyongyang fired at least three ballistic missiles Thursday, the first a presumed long-range missile that triggered warnings in the northern Miyagi, Yamagata and Niigata prefectures urging residents to shelter at home or go underground, Fox...

A North Korean Missile Hasn't Done This Since Korea Divided

Missile lands near disputed maritime border, possibly crossing it

(Newser) - Hours after threatening to use nuclear weapons in response to the US-South Korea joint military drills, North Korea fired a short-range ballistic missile that crossed the sea border separating North and South Korea—the first time that's happened since the two countries divided in 1948, the BBC reports. Other...

North Korea Warns US About Using Aircraft Carrier in Drills

2 short-range ballistic missiles are launched

(Newser) - North Korea fired two short-range ballistic missiles toward its eastern waters on Sunday, the latest in its barrage of weapons tests in recent days, after the North warned against the US redeployment of an aircraft carrier for a new round of drills with South Korean warships. South Korea's Joint...

North Korea Sends Missile Over Japan, Into Ocean

Residents in northern prefectures are told to take cover

(Newser) - North Korea fired a ballistic missile over Japan on Tuesday, an escalation from the barrage of tests conducted in the past few days while the US and other nations conduct military drills in the region. In a rare move, Japan told residents in two northern prefectures to seek shelter. It...

Over 35 Minutes, a Barrage of Missile Tests in North Korea

8 missiles fired from at least 4 locations on Sunday

(Newser) - North Korea test-fired a barrage of short-range ballistic missiles from multiple locations toward the sea on Sunday, South Korea’s military said, extending a provocative streak in weapons demonstrations this year that US and South Korean officials say may culminate with a nuclear test explosion. Possibly setting a single-day record...

Seoul: N. Korea Launches Missiles After Biden Visit

Test of presumed ICBM, other missiles came as president was returning to DC after trip to region

(Newser) - North Korea launched three missiles Wednesday morning, including an intercontinental ballistic missile, according to the South Korean military. The tests came on the heels of President Biden's visit to the region earlier this week. The first launch was probably a Hwasong-17, the largest known ICBM in the North's...

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