Nuclear weapons
North Korea fired ballistic missile, South Korean and Japanese officials say
A woman walks past a television screen showing a news broadcast with file footage of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, at a railway station in Seoul on May 4, 2022. North Korea has launched a ballistic missile toward its eastern waters on Wednesday, South Korean and Japanese officials said. Jung Yeon-je | Afp | […]
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South China Sea faces higher risk of conflict as arms race builds up, says weapons expert
The South China Sea region faces a heightened risk of conflict as it arms itself at an “alarming rate,” an expert from the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute told CNBC on Monday. It comes as worldwide military spending surpassed $2 trillion for the first time ever in 2021, he added. “The region is arming at […]
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North Korea is committed to an ‘alarming change’ in its nuclear policy, professor says
North Korea ultimately wants to have more nuclear weapons to use against the U.S. troops in South Korea and Japan in the event of an invasion, according to a professor at the Middlebury Institute of International Studies. North Korea currently has the ability to use a small number of nuclear weapons against the United States, […]
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There’s an ‘alarming change’ in North Korea’s approach to nuclear weapons, says professor
ShareShare Article via FacebookShare Article via TwitterShare Article via LinkedInShare Article via Email Jeffrey Lewis of the Middlebury Institute of International Studies says what North Korea “really, fundamentally” wants is the ability to use a much larger number of nuclear weapons against U.S. forces in South Korea and Japan if they thought an invasion was […]
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North Korean leader Kim observes missile test to boost nuclear capabilities
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un inspects the proposed building site for the Ryonpho Vegetable Greenhouse Farm in the Ryonpho area of Hamju County, North Korea, in this undated photo released January 28, 2022 by North Korea’s Korean Central News Agency (KCNA). KCNA | via Reuters North Korean leader Kim Jong Un observed the test-firing […]
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North Korea fires multiple-rocket launcher, South Korea says
People watch a television screen at a railway station in Seoul showing a news broadcast with file footage of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, on January 20, 2022. North Korea fired what could be a ballistic missile, Japan’s coast guard said on Feb. 27, 2022. Jung Yeon-je | AFP | Getty Images North Korea […]
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