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/

DefenceTalkTop diplomats of the two Koreas met on the sidelines of a regional forum in Manila, the South’s Yonhap news agency reported Monday, August 7, citing an official from Seoul’s foreign ministry. The South’s Foreign Minister Kang Kyung-Wha had a brief encounter with her Northern counterpart Ri Yong-Ho ahead of an ASEAN Regional Forum dinner […]https://www.defencetalk.com/north-and-south-korea-foreign-ministers-meet-70251/

DefenceTalkIn response to North Korea’s ballistic missile and nuclear programs and as a part of the continuing demonstration of ironclad U.S. commitment to our allies, two U.S. Air Force B-1B bombers under the command of U.S. Pacific Air Forces, joined their counterparts from the Republic of Korea and Japanese air forces in a sequenced bilateral […]https://www.defencetalk.com/b-1-bombers-conduct-bilateral-missions-in-response-to-north-korea-missile-test-70202/

DefenceTalkNorth Korea said its latest ICBM launch was a “warning” over efforts to slap sanctions on the hermit state, as the US carried out a successful test of its missile defense system in a pointed show of force. A bilateral mission led by US strategic bombers on Saturday flew over the Korean Peninsula in a […]https://www.defencetalk.com/us-responds-to-north-korea-missile-test-with-show-of-force-70196/

DefenceTalkInstalling a controversial US missile defence system in South Korea was never going to be easy but, caught between Beijing’s opposition and American insistence, the country’s new president has a strategy: delay. Seoul suspended deployment of the Terminal High-Altitude Area Defence (Thaad) system this week following a furious campaign of economic sanctions and diplomatic protests […]https://www.defencetalk.com/us-china-trap-seoul-between-a-rock-and-a-thaad-place-70149/

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/

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/

DefenceTalkNorth Korea’s latest missile launch represents a significant step forward in its weapons capabilities, analysts say, but Pyongyang could be looking to secure a position of strength before a return to the negotiating table. The intermediate-range missile fired by the North over the weekend, named the Hwasong-12, was its longest-range rocket yet, analysts say. It […]https://www.defencetalk.com/north-korea-takes-leap-with-missile-test-analysts-69979/

DefenceTalkNorth Korea Monday celebrated the launch of what appeared to be its longest-range ballistic missile yet tested in a bid to bring the US mainland within reach, saying it was capable of carrying a “heavy nuclear warhead”. Leader Kim Jong-Un personally oversaw the test on Sunday, the official Korea Central News Agency (KCNA) said, and […]https://www.defencetalk.com/north-korea-says-new-missile-can-carry-nuclear-warhead-69960/

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/