DefenceTalkToday, two U.S. Air Force B-1B strategic bombers from Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, conducted training with fighter aircraft from the Japan Air Self Defense Force (JASDF) and a low-level flight with fighter aircraft from the Republic of Korea (ROK) and the United States, in response to the recent nuclear test by North Korea. In […]https://www.defencetalk.com/us-b-1-bombers-conduct-flights-with-south-korea-japan-68145/

DefenceTalkTwo huge US strategic bombers flew over South Korea on Tuesday in a show of force against North Korea following Pyongyang’s fifth and largest-ever nuclear test. The supersonic B-1B Lancers reached airspace over the US Osan Air Base at Pyeongtaek, 64 kilometres (40 miles) south of Seoul, at around 10:00 am (0100 GMT). Each aircraft, […]https://www.defencetalk.com/us-bombers-in-show-of-force-against-north-korea-68138/

DefenceTalkNorth Korea has conducted a fifth nuclear test, its most powerful to date, South Korea’s President Park Geun-Hye said Friday, condemning the move as an act of “self-destruction” that would deepen its isolation. The test will send tensions soaring over the North’s nuclear and ballistic missile ambitions, which have already earned international condemnation and United […]https://www.defencetalk.com/north-korea-carries-out-biggest-ever-nuclear-test-seoul-68121/

DefenceTalkJapan’s newly appointed defence minister on Monday ordered the nation’s military to be ready to destroy any missiles fired by North Korea that threaten the country, local media reported. Tomomi Inada issued the order, public broadcaster NHK said, without mentioning any indication that Pyongyang is preparing to launch such a missile. Last week Prime Minister […]https://www.defencetalk.com/japan-military-on-alert-to-destroy-n-korea-missile-67970/

DefenceTalkA group of South Korean opposition lawmakers defied President Park Geun-Hye and left for China on Monday (Aug 8) to discuss the deployment of a US anti-missile system that has opened a damaging rift between Seoul and Beijing. Park had urged the MPs to scrap their trip, arguing that it would boost China’s opposition to […]https://www.defencetalk.com/south-korea-mps-defy-president-with-china-visit-67963/

DefenceTalkArtillery Soldiers got the opportunity to cross-train on other jobs inside their M109A6 Paladin self-propelled howitzers, during a recent “jump crew” training. During the live fire exercise, Soldiers from Battery B, 1st Battalion, 82nd Field Artillery Regiment worked with South Korean partners at Nightmare Range, near Topyong-ri, South Korea. The purpose of the exercise, which […]https://www.defencetalk.com/us-soldiers-train-jump-crews-work-with-south-korean-partners-67893/

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 threatened Monday to take “physical action” after Washington and Seoul announced they would deploy a sophisticated US anti-missile defence system to counter the growing menace from Pyongyang. Seoul and Washington on Friday revealed their decision to deploy the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) system in the South following recent North Korean missile […]https://www.defencetalk.com/north-korea-threatens-action-over-us-anti-missile-system-67818/

DefenceTalkThe United States is to deploy an advanced missile defence system in South Korea, the two sides said Friday, as North Korea warned the latest US sanctions against its leader amounted to a “declaration of war”. News of the unprecedented sanctions targeting Kim Jong-Un came as North Korea marked 22 years since the death of […]https://www.defencetalk.com/us-to-deploy-missiles-in-south-korea-as-north-korea-riled-67804/

DefenceTalkSouth Korea, Japan and the United States held an unprecedented trilateral missile defense exercise on Tuesday, aimed at countering the growing threat from nuclear-armed North Korea which denounced it as a “military provocation.” The drill in waters off Hawaii came less than a week after North Korea flight-tested a powerful new medium-range ballistic missile that […]https://www.defencetalk.com/us-south-korea-japan-hold-first-anti-north-korea-missile-drill-67743/