DefenceTalkNorth Korea test fired two medium-range ballistic missiles on Friday, just days after leader Kim Jong-Un promised a series of nuclear warhead tests and missile launches amid surging military tensions. Friction on the divided Korean peninsula has deepened since the North carried out its fourth nuclear test on January 6, followed a month later by […]https://www.defencetalk.com/north-korea-test-fires-two-mid-range-ballistic-missiles-67084/

DefenceTalkNorth Korean leader Kim Jong-Un has ordered further nuclear tests, state media said Friday, as military tensions surge on the Korean peninsula with South Korean and US forces engaged in large-scale joint exercises condemned by Pyongyang. Since the joint drills began Monday, the North has issued daily warnings and statements, talking up its nuclear strike […]https://www.defencetalk.com/north-korean-leader-orders-further-nuclear-tests-67044/

DefenceTalkThree B-2 Spirits deployed from Whiteman Air Force Base, Missouri, to the U.S. Pacific Command area of operations March 8. While in the Indo-Asia-Pacific region, the B-2s will integrate and conduct training with ally and partner air forces, and conduct a radio communications check with a U.S. air operations center. This deployment will ensure bomber […]https://www.defencetalk.com/b-2-stealth-bombers-conduct-deployment-to-indo-asia-pacific-67021/

DefenceTalkSOUTH CHINA SEA: The John C. Stennis Strike Group (JCSSG) is conducting routine operations in the South China Sea. The ships transited the Luzon Strait March 1 and have maintained a location in the eastern half of these international waters for four days. USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74), USS Chung-Hoon (DDG 93), USS Stockdale […]https://www.defencetalk.com/the-great-green-fleet-operates-in-the-south-china-sea-66964/

DefenceTalkNorth Korea has threatened a pre-emptive nuclear strike as U.S. and South Korean forces began their largest joint exercises ever conducted. The annual joint drills often intensify tensions on the divided Korean peninsula, but this year the situation is particularly volatile, given tough new United Nations sanctions imposed on North Korea for its recent nuclear […]https://www.defencetalk.com/north-korea-threatens-pre-emptive-nuclear-strike-66959/

DefenceTalkLeader Kim Jong-Un has ordered North Korea’s nuclear arsenal readied for pre-emptive use at anytime, in an expected ramping up of rhetoric following the UN Security Council’s adoption of tough new sanctions on Pyongyang. The North’s nuclear warheads must be deployed “on standby so as to be fired at any moment,” Kim was quoted as […]https://www.defencetalk.com/north-korea-leader-orders-nuclear-arsenal-on-standby-66923/

DefenceTalkSouth Korea and the United States were set to open talks Friday on the possible deployment — vehemently opposed by China — of an advanced US missile defence system to counter the growing threat from North Korea. South Korea’s defence ministry said initial discussions would focus on potential locations, as well as cost-sharing and a […]https://www.defencetalk.com/south-korea-us-open-missile-shield-talks-66921/

DefenceTalkThe People’s Republic of China has yet again pushed forth their militarisation of the South China Sea despite much objection from the United States and the countries involved, this time by sending fighter jets to a lengthened airfield on the contested Woody Island. This development comes amid rising tensions after China set up eight HQ-9 […]https://www.defencetalk.com/china-sends-combat-aircraft-to-paracels-66827/

DefenceTalkSouth Korea Wednesday dismissed China’s warning that the planned deployment of a US missile defence system could damage ties, stressing that it was to counter “growing threats” from North Korea. “The deployment of the Terminal High Altitude Area Defence system (THAAD) is a measure of self-defence against growing nuclear and missile threats from North Korea,” […]https://www.defencetalk.com/south-korea-dismisses-china-warning-on-us-missile-system-66849/

DefenceTalkChina has stationed fighter jets on Woody Island in the South China Sea, US officials have said. The news come days after Beijing installed surface-to-air missiles on the same disputed island. Citing two unnamed US officials, Fox News reported Tuesday that US intelligence services had spotted Chinese Shenyang J-11 and Xian JH-7 warplanes on Woody […]https://www.defencetalk.com/beijing-deploys-fighter-jets-in-south-china-sea-66834/