Ballistic Missile

Pentagon Terminates Troubled $1 Billion Contract For Missile Defense

World News | Agence France-Presse | Thursday August 22, 2019

The Pentagon announced Wednesday that it is terminating a troubled billion-dollar program to develop a ballistic missile interceptor, citing design problems.

US Says Watching North Korea's Missile Tests "Very Carefully": Report

World News | Reuters | Tuesday August 6, 2019

U.S. President Donald Trump has an understanding with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un that Pyongyang will not launch intercontinental-range ballistic missiles, and the United States is watching North Korean missile tests very carefully, Trump's national security adviser John Bolton told Fox News Channel on Tuesday.

North Korea Took $2 Billion In Cyberattacks To Fund Weapons Programme: Report

World News | Reuters | Tuesday August 6, 2019

North Korea has generated an estimated $2 billion for its weapons of mass destruction programs using "widespread and increasingly sophisticated" cyberattacks to steal from banks and cryptocurrency exchanges, according to a confidential U.N. report seen by Reuters on Monday.

US Exits Soviet-Era Nuclear Missile Accord, To Accelerate Missile Program

World News | Agence France-Presse | Saturday August 3, 2019

The United States vowed to upgrade its cruise and ballistic missile capability as the collapse Friday of a Cold War nuclear pact with Russia triggered fears of a new arms race.

UN Security Council To Hold Meeting Over North Korea Missile Tests

World News | Agence France-Presse | Thursday August 1, 2019

The United Nations Security Council will meet behind closed doors on Thursday to discuss North Korea's recent ballistic missiles tests, diplomats said.

North Korea Fires Two Short-Range Missiles, Says South Korea

World News | Simon Denyer, John Hudson, The Washington Post | Wednesday July 31, 2019

North Korea fired two short-range ballistic missiles early Wednesday morning, South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff said in a statement.

Kim Jong Un Inspects New Submarine, Signals Ballistic Missile Development

World News | Reuters | Tuesday July 23, 2019

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un inspected a large newly built submarine, state news agency KCNA reported on Tuesday, potentially signalling continued development of a submarine-launched ballistic missile (SLBM) programme.

Pentagon Says Chinese Missile Launch In South China Sea "Disturbing"

World News | Reuters | Wednesday July 3, 2019

The Pentagon said on Tuesday a recent Chinese missile launch in the disputed South China Sea was "disturbing" and contrary to Chinese pledges that it would not militarize the disputed waterway.

India's ASAT Missile Launch Was "Surgical Strike" In Space: Scientists

India News | Written by Pallava Bagla | Wednesday March 27, 2019

India has become the fourth nation after the US, Russia and China that has the capability to launch missiles to destroy satellites in low-Earth orbit. With the successful test-launch of the anti-satellite (ASAT) missile and destruction of the target today, Prime Minister Narendra Modi in a televised national address said India has crossed an import...

US Military Says It Has Successfully Tested Missile Interceptors

World News | Agence France-Presse | Tuesday March 26, 2019

The US military said on Monday it had successfully tested an anti-intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) system, with a target launched from the Marshall Islands shot down by two interceptors based in California.

US Open To Talks With North Korea Despite Missile Programme Activity

World News | Reuters | Friday March 8, 2019

U.S. President Donald Trump is open to additional talks with Pyongyang over denuclearisation, his national security adviser said on Thursday, despite reports that North Korea is reactivating parts of its missile programme.

Donald Trump 'Walks' As North Korea Talks End Abruptly Without Deal

World News | Agence France-Presse | Thursday February 28, 2019

The US-North Korea nuclear summit in Hanoi ended abruptly without a deal Thursday, with President Donald Trump saying he had decided to "walk" in the face of Kim Jong Un's demands to drop sanctions.

UN Panel Says North Korea Shielding Missiles At Airport

World News | Agence France-Presse | Wednesday February 6, 2019

North Korea's nuclear and ballistic missile programs remain intact and Pyongyang is using airports and other facilities to shield its weapons from possible US military strikes, according to a UN panel of experts.

Pakistan Sucessfully Test-Fires Short-Range Ballistic Missile Nasr

World News | Press Trust of India | Friday February 1, 2019

Pakistan Army on Thursday successfully test-fired the short range surface-to-surface ballistic missile ''Nasr'' which it claimed can defeat any ballistic missile defence system now available in the country's neighbourhood or any other system being developed.

Can Saudi Arabia Produce Ballistic Missiles? Satellite Imagery Raises Suspicions

World News | Paul Sonne, The Washington Post | Thursday January 24, 2019

Satellite images suggest that Saudi Arabia has constructed its first known ballistic missile factory, according to weapons experts and image analysts, a development that raises questions about the kingdom's increasing military and nuclear ambitions under its 33-year-old crown prince.