DefenceTalkSouth Korea and the United States on Thursday completed the deployment of a US missile defence system to counter North Korean threats, sparking demonstrations by residents and a diplomatic protest from Beijing. A convoy of US military trucks carrying four launchers for the Terminal High-Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) system made their way through an activists’ […]https://www.defencetalk.com/south-korea-us-deploy-missile-defence-amid-china-protest-70438/

DefenceTalkOpposition parties and sections of South Korea’s media are stepping up calls for the government to invite the United States to reintroduce tactical nuclear weapons to the country as Pyongyang is showing no signs of halting its development of nuclear weapons and intercontinental ballistic missiles. The US withdrew its battlefield nuclear weapons from South Korea […]https://www.defencetalk.com/south-korea-to-bring-back-us-tactical-nuclear-missiles-70430/

DefenceTalkUS President Donald Trump on Monday (Sep 4) told his South Korean counterpart Washington was willing to approve arms sales worth “many billions of dollars” to Seoul following Pyongyang’s test of what it said was a miniaturized hydrogen bomb. President Trump “provided his conceptual approval for the purchase of many billions of dollars’ worth of […]https://www.defencetalk.com/us-could-sell-south-korea-billions-of-dollars-of-arms-amid-tensions-70420/

DefenceTalkGeological agencies have detected an earthquake in North Korea that signals it conducted its sixth nuclear test. The presumed test rachets up tensions after North Korea has conducted repeated ballistic missile tests. North Korea is likely to have conducted its sixth nuclear test on Sunday, after geological agencies registered a man-made quake in the northeast […]https://www.defencetalk.com/north-korea-fears-of-nuclear-test-as-earthquake-detected-70409/

DefenceTalkNuclear-armed North Korea fired a ballistic missile over Japan and into the Pacific Ocean on Tuesday in a major escalation by Pyongyang amid tensions over its weapons ambitions. Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said it was an “unprecedented, serious and grave threat” and called for an emergency UN Security Council meeting. The last time a […]https://www.defencetalk.com/north-korea-fires-ballistic-missile-over-japan-70382/

DefenceTalkNorth Korea fired three short-range ballistic missiles Saturday, the US military said, reviving tensions with Washington after President Donald Trump had said Pyongyang was starting to show some “respect”. The launches come as tens of thousands of South Korean and US troops take part in joint military drills in the south of the peninsula, which […]https://www.defencetalk.com/north-korea-fires-short-range-missiles-us-military-70380/

DefenceTalkTop U.S. and South Korean military leaders spoke to reporters yesterday at Osan Air Base near the South Korean capital of Seoul to reinforce the alliance between the two countries and their combined resolve to deter North Korean threats. In attendance were Army Gen. Vincent K. Brooks, commander of U.S. Forces Korea, Combined Forces Command […]https://www.defencetalk.com/us-south-korean-military-leaders-reinforce-alliance-70365/

DefenceTalkChina and Russia pushed on Tuesday (Aug 15) for talks to defuse the “confrontational spiral” between the US and North Korea after Kim Jong-Un stepped back from a planned missile strike near Guam. The North Korean leader said he would wait and see how the United States behaved before deciding whether to execute the planned […]https://www.defencetalk.com/china-russia-push-talks-as-north-korea-steps-back-from-missile-launches-70273/

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/