North Korea Boasts of 'The World's Strongest' Missile, but Experts Say It's Too Big to Use in War

North Korea Boasts of 'The World's Strongest' Missile, but Experts Say It's Too Big to Use in War

"...The North’s Korean Central News Agency identified the missile as a Hwasong-19 and called it “the world’s strongest strategic missile” and “the perfected weapon system. ...The Hwasong-19 was estimated to be at least 28 meters long (92 feet) while advanced U.S. and Russian ICBMs are less than 20 meters long (66 feet)"

Reference: www.military.com .

Israel Needs American Munitions Immediately | Iran's Attack on Israel was Enabled by North Korean Missile Technology and Advances

Iran's Attack on Israel was Enabled by North Korean Missile Technology and Advances

"...Iran last month launched a large-scale overnight air strike on Israel. More than 300 drones, cruise missiles, and ballistic missiles targeted the country. North Korean technology was at least partly to blame. ..."

Reference: nationalinterest.org .

UN experts say North Korea missile landed in Kharkiv

UN experts say North Korea missile landed in Kharkiv

"...In the report, the monitors concluded that the debris was from a Hwasong-11 series missile and is in violation of the arms embargo on North Korea... which has been under U.N. sanctions since 2006 over its ballistic missile and nuclear programs. In their report, the monitors say they (quote) "could not independently identify from where the missile was launched, nor by whom." Information about the missile’s trajectory - supplied by Ukraine - suggests the missile was launched from Russia, the report says. ..."

Reference: www.yahoo.com .

Japan Issues Brief Missile Alert On North Korea Launch

Japan Issues Brief Missile Alert On North Korea Launch

"...The launch initially prompted the activation of a missile warning system for the southern region. "Missile launch. Missile launch. North Korea appears to have launched a missile. Please take shelters inside buildings or underground," said the alert tweeted by the prime minister's office and carried on national broadcaster NHK...."

Reference: www.barrons.com .

Navy awards $2.5B contract, more funds for Guam missile defense sought in 2024

Navy awards $2.5B contract, more funds for Guam missile defense sought in 2024

"The Department of Defense's fiscal 2024 budget request includes $9.1 billion “in support of the Pacific Deterrence Initiative,” which includes Guam, according to a release from DOD. “The effort includes resilient and distributed air basing, new missile warning and tracking architecture... The DOD also said its budget request includes an additional $1.5 billion for the “defense of Guam against the missile threat from China.” The Missile Defense Agency held a media conference on March 14 to provide more details of its own sought-after spending plan, in which Guam is noticeably included as well. “Current forces are capable of defending Guam against today's North Korean ballistic missile threats."

Reference: www.mvariety.com .

N Korea simulates attack on South

N Korea simulates attack on South

"...A North Korean state media report yesterday came a day after South Korea’s military detected the North firing at least one short-range ballistic missile toward the sea from a site near the western coastal city of Nampo. The South Korean Joint Chiefs of Staff was assessing whether more missiles might have been launched simultaneously. ...South Korea’s Ministry of Unification later yesterday urged North Korea to stop raising tensions with “reckless nuclear and missile programs and military provocations.” "

Reference: Taipei Times .

Her Typical Blunder or True Feelings? Harris hails US ‘alliance with North Korea’

Harris hails US ‘alliance with North Korea’

"...touting the strong alliance between the United States and “the Republic of North Korea” during a visit to the Korean Demilitarized Zone. “The United States shares a very important relationship, which is an alliance with the Republic of North Korea,” said the veep, flubbing the official name of longstanding US ally South Korea, the Republic of Korea. “And it is an alliance that is strong and enduring.”..."

Reference: nypost.com .

North Korea Launches 2nd Ballistic Missile in a Week, South Korea Says

North Korea Launches 2nd Ballistic Missile in a Week, South Korea Says

"...The launch came as the U.N. Security Council met to discuss the country’s growing weapons threat. The U.S. said the latest test “highlights the destabilizing impact” of the North’s weapons program. ..."

Reference: www.nytimes.com .

North Korea mountain used as nuclear test site at risk of collapsing, Chinese scientist says

North Korea mountain used as nuclear test site at risk of collapsing, Chinese scientist says

"...A mountain in North Korea believed to have served as the site of five of the rogue regime’s nuclear tests -- including Sunday’s supposed hydrogen bomb explosion -- is at risk of collapsing and leaking radiation into the region, a Chinese scientist said Monday..."

Reference: www.foxnews.com .

U.S. Says THAAD Missile System In South Korea Is Now Operational

U.S. Says THAAD Missile System In South Korea Is Now Operational

"...An American THAAD missile defense system is now operational in South Korea, less than two months after its components arrived there, the U.S. military says. The system is meant to protect South Korea from ballistic missiles fired by North Korea, the Pentagon says..."

Reference: www.npr.org .

North Korea unveils homemade engine for missile capable of striking U.S.

North Korea unveils homemade engine for missile capable of striking U.S.

"...advances have been accompanied by a series of threats to blow up New York City, the White House and South Korea’s presidential Blue House. Although North Korea has fired a range of projectiles, it has not demonstrated an ability to successfully fire a nuclear-tipped missile and hit a target. That would almost certainly be suicide..."

Reference: www.washingtonpost.com .

North Korea Declares 'Quasi-State of War' with South

North Korea Declares 'Quasi-State of War' with South

"...North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has placed his military on high-alert and declared a "quasi-state of war" in frontline areas Friday after North and South Korea exchanged artillery fire near the border. ..."

Reference: www.voanews.com .

The strategic ground is shifting: US needs to enhance missile defense to counter North Korean threat

Missile Defense and the North Korean Nuclear Threat

"...many in Washington and Seoul to believe that the DPRK is planning to conduct its fourth nuclear test and/or another long-range missile test to enhance the credibility of its nuclear deterrent. But while public attention is once again on the idea of a North Korean nuclear-tipped ICBM that could threaten the continental United States, the strategic ground is shifting...."

Reference: thediplomat.com .

Possible first stage of a KN-08 road-mobile ICBM

North Korea testing engine for possible nuclear missile, say analysts

"...The US-Korea Institute at Johns Hopkins University said images of the North's main rocket launch site suggested one "and maybe more" tests of what was probably the first stage of a KN-08 road-mobile ICBM...."

Reference: www.theguardian.com .

Missile parts transported by North Korean ship stopped by Panama

Panama: North Korean ship stopped with missile parts from Cuba

 

Photos from Twitter account of President Ricardo Martinelli

"...The Panamanian government has discovered what appears to be “sophisticated missile equipment” hidden in the hull of a North Korean container ship that had set sail from Cuba and was slated to head home via the Panama Canal, President Ricardo Martinelli said late Monday...."
Reference: www.latimes.com .

North Korea fires short-range missile into the Sea of Japan on Sunday

Report: North Korea launches fourth short-range missile

"...North Korea fired a short-range missile into the Sea of Japan on Sunday, according to South Korea's semiofficial news agency Yonhap, citing a South Korean military official...."

Reference: cnn.com .

North Korea antagonizes US with missile threats

North Korea Rocket Strike Threat Targets US

"...North Korea has ordered its military to be ready to strike US bases in Guam, Hawaii and mainland America, according to state TV...."

Reference: news.sky.com .

North Korea: "...will target against the U.S., the sworn enemy of the Korean people ..."

North Korea vows more nuclear testing, threatens US as ‘sworn enemy’

"...The most hostile language is aimed directly at the United States. “We do not hide that a variety of satellites and long-range rockets which will be launched by the DPRK one after another and a nuclear test of higher level which will be carried out by it in the upcoming all-out action, a new phase of the anti-U.S. struggle that has lasted century after century, will target against the U.S., the sworn enemy of the Korean people,” the statement reads. “Settling accounts with the U.S. needs to be done with force, not with words as it regards jungle law as the rule of its survival.”..."

Reference: msnbc.com .

North Korea Uncooperative

North Korea Says It Will Abandon Deal With U.S.

"...abandoning an agreement in made in February with the United States, in which it promised to suspend uranium enrichment, nuclear tests and long-range missile tests. ..."

Reference: www.nytimes.com .

Huntsville a major player in defense

Interceptor missiles, radars with Huntsville ties in place as North Korea plans rocket launch

"...Those Standard Missile 3 interceptors aboard U.S. and Japanese Aegis destroyers are made by Raytheon. And a version of those SM-3 missiles will soon be put together at the $75 million plant the company is building on Redstone Arsenal...."

Reference: al.com .