DefenceTalkThe United States, Japan and 10 other countries have requested a UN investigation of North Korea’s ballistic missile tests in a move that could lead to targeted sanctions, according to a joint letter obtained by AFP on Wednesday. Ten Security Council members along with Australia and South Korea asked the UN sanctions committee to “review […]https://www.defencetalk.com/un-asked-to-investigate-north-korea-missile-tests-67950/

DefenceTalkNorth Korea said Wednesday its latest ballistic missile tests trialled detonation devices for possible nuclear strikes on US targets in South Korea and were personally monitored by supreme leader Kim Jong-Un. Tuesday’s test firing of three missiles in violation of existing UN resolutions was seen as an angry reaction to the planned deployment of a […]https://www.defencetalk.com/north-korea-says-missile-tests-simulated-nuclear-strike-on-south-67868/

DefenceTalkNorth Korea test-fired three ballistic missiles on Tuesday, in further defiance of the international community and in apparent reaction to the planned deployment of a US defence system in the South. The launches drew swift condemnation from the United States and Japan, who vowed a coordinated response to Pyongyang’s repeated violations of UN sanctions that […]https://www.defencetalk.com/north-korea-test-fires-three-ballistic-missiles-67856/

DefenceTalkIndia today successfully test-fired a new surface-to-air missile developed jointly with Israel, from a defence base off Odisha coast. The medium range missile, which will fulfill a huge Indian army requirement, was fired from a mobile launcher in the Integrated Test Range at Chandipur around 8.15 am, said an official of the Defence Research and […]https://www.defencetalk.com/india-test-fires-surface-to-air-missile-developed-jointly-with-israel-67760/

DefenceTalkTaiwan plans to test-fire its newest anti-missile system for the first time in the United States next month as relations with rival China deteriorate, a defence source and media reports said Monday. Relations between China and Taiwan have cooled rapidly under the island’s new Beijing-sceptic president Tsai Ing-wen, who took office in May, ending an […]https://www.defencetalk.com/taiwan-to-test-fire-missiles-in-us-as-china-tensions-rise-67729/

DefenceTalkA united crew of the Sary-Shagan Missile Range, Russian Air and Missile Defense Force and industry “conducted at 0700 hours a successful launch of a short-range antimissile of the Russian missile defense system,” the Defense Ministry’s press office told journalists. “The purpose of the launch was to prove the characteristics of the missile defense system’s […]https://www.defencetalk.com/russian-air-and-missile-defense-force-launches-ballistic-missile-interceptor-67706/

DefenceTalkNorth Korea’s missile launch Tuesday appears to have failed, according to South Korean officials. “The attempted missile launch… is believed to have failed,” a spokesman for the South’s defense ministry said. “We are analyzing and closely monitoring the situation and maintaining a watertight defense posture.” The South Korean Joint Chiefs of Staff released a statement […]https://www.defencetalk.com/north-korea-missile-launch-tuesday-likely-failed-67563/

DefenceTalkNorth Korea apparently failed with an attempted missile launch Tuesday, the latest in a series of setbacks for a ballistic weapons program that aspires to threaten the US mainland. South Korea`s defence ministry detected the dawn launch effort, which Japan condemned as an unacceptable and “provocative” act. The ministry declined to speculate on the missile […]https://www.defencetalk.com/south-korea-says-north-fails-with-attempted-missile-launch-67551/

DefenceTalkIsrael has successfully tested a maritime missile interception system dubbed the Iron Dome of the Sea, the military announced on Wednesday. The system, which the military said can shoot down short-range rockets similar to those fired from Gaza, successfully destroyed “several” missiles, Ariel Shir, head of operational systems in the navy, said. He said the […]https://www.defencetalk.com/israel-successfully-tests-missile-defence-system-at-sea-army-67511/

DefenceTalkIran launched a new long-range missile late last month, a general announced on Monday, trumpeting the accuracy of the latest such weapon to be test-fired in defiance of the West. “A missile with a 2,000-kilometre range was tested two weeks ago,” said General Ali Abdolahi, adding that it has a negligible margin of error of […]https://www.defencetalk.com/iran-touts-newly-tested-long-range-missile-67422/