DefenceTalkSecretary of State Rex Tillerson said Tuesday, after North Korea’s Kim Jong-Un postponed a threat to fire missiles towards the US territory of Guam, that Washington remains ready for talks. But the top US diplomat said it would be up to Kim when such negotiations would begin, having previously insisted Pyongyang must demonstrate that it […]https://www.defencetalk.com/us-says-open-to-talk-if-north-korea-ready-to-disarm-70269/

DefenceTalkNuclear-armed North Korea mocked President Donald Trump as “bereft of reason” Thursday (Aug 10), raising the stakes in their stand-off with an unusually detailed plan to send a salvo of missiles towards the US territory of Guam. The scheme to target the island, a key US military stronghold, was intended to “signal a crucial warning” […]https://www.defencetalk.com/north-korea-mocks-trump-hones-guam-strike-plans-70264/

DefenceTalkNorth Korea said on Wednesday (Aug 9) that it is considering strikes near US strategic military installations in Guam with its intermediate range ballistic missiles, state news agency KCNA reported. The threat came hours after US President Donald Trump threatened Pyongyang with “fire and fury” over its missile programme and days after the UN Security […]https://www.defencetalk.com/north-korea-threatens-missile-strike-near-us-territory-guam-70262/

DefenceTalkPresident Donald Trump issued an apocalyptic warning to North Korea on Tuesday, saying it faces “fire and fury” over its missile program, after US media reported Pyongyang has successfully miniaturized a nuclear warhead. North Korea raised the stakes just hours later, saying it was considering missile strikes near US strategic military installations on the Pacific […]https://www.defencetalk.com/trump-warns-north-korea-of-fire-and-fury-70260/

DefenceTalkChina’s latest J-20 stealth fighters made their parade debut Sunday in north China, as the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) staged a show of strength to mark its 90th founding anniversary. Three J-20 jets led an echelon formation consisting of 15 fighter aircraft which roared over the Zhurihe military training base in Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region […]https://www.defencetalk.com/chinas-j-20-j-16-fighter-jets-make-parade-debut-70199/

DefenceTalkAsian rivals India and Pakistan on Friday formally joined the Shanghai Cooperation Organization, a security bloc spearheaded by China and Russia, despite bilateral tensions bubbling over Kashmir. Leaders of the largely symbolic body — including Russia’s Vladimir Putin and China’s Xi Jinping — formally signed off on the sub-continent duo’s accession at the annual SCO […]https://www.defencetalk.com/india-pakistan-join-china-and-russia-led-security-bloc-70164/

DefenceTalkNorth Korea confirmed its recent test-firing of a ballistic missile was “successful”, the state-run news agency KCNA reported Tuesday, a day after the projectile landed in waters close to Japan. North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un “guided” the launch — the third missile test by the nuclear-armed regime in less than three weeks — which was […]https://www.defencetalk.com/north-korea-says-ballistic-missile-test-successful-media-70091/

DefenceTalkChina’s UN ambassador said Tuesday that there was “no reason” to refuse dialogue with North Korea despite a series of ballistic missile tests that have been strongly condemned by the Security Council. “There is no reason why dialogue is not taking place in the current situation,” Ambassador Liu Jieyi told reporters after a council meeting, […]https://www.defencetalk.com/chinas-un-envoy-says-no-reason-not-to-talk-with-north-korea-70021/

DefenceTalkNorth Korea on Monday declared its medium-range Pukguksong-2 missile ready for deployment after a weekend test, the latest step in its quest to defy UN sanctions and develop an intercontinental rocket capable of striking US targets. The state-run Korean Central News Agency said the North’s leader Kim Jong-Un oversaw Sunday’s launch, which sparked a fresh […]https://www.defencetalk.com/north-korea-declares-medium-range-missile-ready-for-deployment-69993/

DefenceTalkThe US Central Intelligence Agency said Wednesday it had formed a special unit dedicated to assessing North Korea’s nuclear weapons threat. The CIA created its first single country-focused mission center, pulling together resources from a range of units to collect and analyze information on Pyongyang’s nuclear weapons and long-range ballistic missile technology that could extend […]https://www.defencetalk.com/cia-forms-special-unit-focused-on-north-korea-threat-69958/