Tag: North Korea

NORTH KOREA DETAILS PLANS TO DISMANTLE NUCLEAR TEST SITE

Source: Reuters By Christine Kim, David Brunnstrom North Korea has scheduled the dismantlement of its nuclear test site for sometime between May 23 and 25, depending on weather conditions, in order to uphold its pledge to discontinue nuclear tests, the country’s state media reported on Saturday. The official Korean Central New Agency said dismantlement of… Continue reading NORTH KOREA DETAILS PLANS TO DISMANTLE NUCLEAR TEST SITE

NORTH KOREA’S VISIT PROVES THAT CHINA HAS LEVERAGE

Sourced: The National Interest By Robert E Kelly North Korean leader Kim Jong-un just met Chinese leader Xi Jinping. This comes on the cusp of Kim’s meetings with South Korean president Moon Jae-in in April and, possibly, U.S. president Donald Trump in May. Much of the initial analysis has focused on the importance of North… Continue reading NORTH KOREA’S VISIT PROVES THAT CHINA HAS LEVERAGE

SOUTH KOREA EYES FRENCH DESIGN FOR INDIGENOUS NUCLEAR SUBMARINE

Sourced: Defence News By: Jeff Jeong South Korea’s Navy is reviewing a plan to build a 5,000-ton nuclear-powered submarine in an effort to boost its deterrence against North Korea’s sub-based nuclear attack capability. Last October, the service commissioned from the Korea Defense Network five months worth of research on the feasibility of developing an indigenous… Continue reading SOUTH KOREA EYES FRENCH DESIGN FOR INDIGENOUS NUCLEAR SUBMARINE

TRUMP RISKS TRADING AWAY THE US-SOUTH KOREAN ALLIANCE

File - In this file photo taken on Dec. 10, 2015, U.S. and South Korean army soldiers pose on a floating bridge on the Hantan river during a joint military exercise against a possible attack from North Korea, in Yeoncheon, South Korea. Pyongyang will cast a decidedly dark shadow over U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis' first trip overseas. Mattis is to make his debut with a visit to staunch U.S. allies South Korea and Japan, both of which host tens of thousands of American troops and, for good reason, see North Korea as their biggest national security threat. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon, File)

Sourced: Defense One By Thomas Wright In August of last year, days before he was forced out of the White House, Steve Bannon gave an unusual interview to Robert Kuttner, a journalist at The American Prospect. The article made headlines because Bannon tore into his rivals, especially Gary Cohn, and in a progressive magazine no… Continue reading TRUMP RISKS TRADING AWAY THE US-SOUTH KOREAN ALLIANCE

NEW NORTH KOREA THREAT: HOVERCRAFT AND NAVY SNIPER BRIGADES

Sourced: Asia Times Nuke missiles aren’t the only lethal military capability being developed by North Korea. Analyst Joseph S. Bermudez says Pyongyang may be expanding its hovercraft and navy sniper brigade forces in an asymmetric military threat to South Korea. Bermudez noted earlier this month in an article for Beyond Parallel, a website dedicated to… Continue reading NEW NORTH KOREA THREAT: HOVERCRAFT AND NAVY SNIPER BRIGADES

RUSSIA IS NOW BUILDING EMP WEAPONS

Sourced : The National Interest By Michael Peck Amid all the recent fears about North Korea building an electromagnetic-pulse weapon that could disrupt America’s electronic backbone, another potential threat has been ignored: Russia’s new Alabuga EMP weapons program. Russian media describes a program that appears to be aimed at developing tactical EMP weapons that would… Continue reading RUSSIA IS NOW BUILDING EMP WEAPONS

WITH A MINOR TWEAK F-35S COULD SHOOT DOWN NORTH KOREA MISSILES

Sourced : Business Insider By   Alex Lockie As the US military begins deploying the F-35, which brings with it the promise of revolutionizing aerial combat, it may also be deploying a ballistic-missile defense asset. US jet fighters have spent decades trying to master the air-to-air kill. In the days of “Top Gun” and the F-14… Continue reading WITH A MINOR TWEAK F-35S COULD SHOOT DOWN NORTH KOREA MISSILES

JAPAN APPROVES INTRODUCTION OF AEGIS ASHORE MISSILE DEFENCE SYSTEM AMID NORTH KOREA THREAT

Sourced : Japan Times By Daisuke Kikuchi The Cabinet of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Tuesday approved the installation of two land-based Aegis Ashore missile defense systems to defend against North Korea’s growing nuclear and missile threats, highlighted by a test of what appeared to be an intercontinental ballistic missile last month. The approval will… Continue reading JAPAN APPROVES INTRODUCTION OF AEGIS ASHORE MISSILE DEFENCE SYSTEM AMID NORTH KOREA THREAT

NORTH KOREA BEGINS TESTS TO LOAD ANTHRAX ONTO ICBM’S REPORT SAYS

Sourced : Bloomberg By Andy Sharp North Korea has begun tests to load anthrax onto intercontinental ballistic missiles, Japan’s Asahi newspaper reported Tuesday, citing an unidentified person connected to South Korea’s intelligence services. The report said the testing involves ensuring the anthrax survives the immense temperatures generated during re-entry into the Earth’s atmosphere. North Korea… Continue reading NORTH KOREA BEGINS TESTS TO LOAD ANTHRAX ONTO ICBM’S REPORT SAYS

COULD NORTH KOREA SINK USN NEW ZUMWALT-CLASS DESTROYERS

Sourced : The National Interest By Robert Farley The USS Michael Monsoor, second of the Zumwalt-class destroyers, recently embarked on trials and will be delivered to the U.S. Navy in the next year. While neither the Monsoor nor its older sister Zumwalt are likely to be ready to contribute to a war on the Korean… Continue reading COULD NORTH KOREA SINK USN NEW ZUMWALT-CLASS DESTROYERS