Tag: ICBM
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Kim Jong-un may announce US talks suspension in New Year address: Expert
Kim is expected to deliver his New Year's address on January 1, 2020, as he has done so in previous years.
December 21, 2019 -
Agni-V test-fired from Island off Odisha coast
India today test-fired its home grown intercontinental ballistic missile(ICBM) Agni-V , missile from the Abdul Kalam Island off the Odisha coast. The user associate trail was conducted from the Island after a full scale preparation by the ITR. The Surface-to-Surface Ballistic Missile, Agni-V, was successfully flight tested for its full range today at 0953 hrs . …
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January 19, 2018 -
Bonhomie of Sport
Visuals of the North and South Korean delegation leaders greeting each other at the demilitarised zone of Panmunjom do testify to a measure of de-escalation after the volley and thunder of recent ICBM tests. aving said that, it would be presumptuous to imagine that the worst is over. Not really; there is little doubt that …
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January 12, 2018 -
Biting sanctions
At least one of the sanctions ~ a ban on textile exports ~ imposed on North Korea, which has accelerated its nuclear weapons development under the leadership of Kim Jong-Un is likely to hit the “hermit kingdom” severely. Kim, a third-generation dictator, has conducted four of North Korea’s six nuclear tests since assuming power in …
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September 23, 2017 -
Powered with hydrogen
North Korea’s sixth missile test, this time reportedly powered with a hydrogen bomb that can be loaded on to an ICBM, has predictably overshadowed the BRICS summit in China, whose President, Xi Jinping, is an ally of Kim Jongun. Worldwide, there is considerable shock and awe over the all too frequent muscle-flexing and the technological …
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September 7, 2017 -
Tokyo, Beijing condemn North Korea’s nuclear test
Japan and China on Sunday strongly condemned North Korea’s sixth nuclear test. Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe slammed the test, saying the country’s “nuclear and missile development poses a grave and immediate new level of threat” and “seriously undermines peace and security of the region”. “The UN Security Council has strongly criticized North Korea for …
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September 3, 2017 -
N Korea threatens physical actions after UN sanctions
North Korea on Tuesday threatened to take physical action after a new package of sanctions was imposed against the country by the UN Security Council, which Pyongyang denounced as illegal and a terrorist act. In a statement, Pyongyang charged back against the latest sanctionsas a punitive measure for the regime's ongoing missile tests, and launched …
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August 8, 2017 -
UNSC approves new sanctions on North Korea
The United Nations Security Council on Saturday unanimously adopted a US-drafted resolution that aims to slash by a third North Korea's $3 billion annual export revenue over Pyongyang's two intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) tests in July. The resolution would ban North Korea exports of coal, iron, iron ore, lead, lead ore and seafood. It would …
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August 5, 2017 -
From NK to NY?
The latest bout of muscle-flexing has been dramatic for a cloistered country. With North Korea conducting the second ballistic missile test-launch, the ever so belligerent President Kim Jong-un has advanced a fresh challenge to President Trump, stating that it has the potential to strike at Los Angeles, Chicago and New York… and not merely Alaska …
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August 5, 2017 -
US mulls sending 2 aircraft carriers to Korean peninsula
The US is mulling to dispatch two aircraft carriers to the Korean peninsula in a show of force following North Korea's ballistic missile launch, the media reported on Wednesday. South Korean and the US militaries have considered mobilisation of the US aircraft carrier to the peninsula for the joint annual war games codenamed Ulchi Freedom …
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August 2, 2017 -
All options on table for North Korea: White House
US President Donald Trump has kept all 'options on the table' for North Korea, which is flaunting international norms by provocative intercontinental ballistic missile tests (ICBM) and its nuclear weaponization program, the White House has said. It, however, said that the president will not make his options public. “The President is not going to broadcast …
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August 1, 2017 -
Pakistan expresses concern over North Korean missile launch
Pakistan on Monday expressed concern over the launch of an intercontinental ballistic missile by North Korea and asked Pyongyang to refrain from actions that could lead to escalation of tensions in the region and beyond. On Friday, North Korea fired a new intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) that experts say has the potential to reach the US …
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July 31, 2017 -
US says time for talks on North Korea ‘is over’
The US has said the time for talk over North Korea was “over,” spurning a UN response to Pyongyang's latest ICBM launch in favour of bomber flights and missile defence system tests. Nikki Haley, the US envoy to the United Nations, said there was “no point” in holding a fruitless emergency Security Council session, warning …
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July 31, 2017 -
US responds to North Korea missile test with show of force
North Korea on Sunday 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 yesterday flew over the Korean Peninsula in …
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July 30, 2017 -
Seoul to deploy four more THAAD launchers
South Korean President Moon Jae-in on Saturday ordered his aides to consult with the US about the deployment of four more THAAD mobile launchers after North Korea's launch of a ballistic missile. North Korea on Friday night test-fired an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) called Hwasong-14 from Jagang province, Xinhua news agency quoted South Korea's Joint …
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July 29, 2017 -
North Korea says 2nd ICBM test puts much of US in range
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said on Saturday the second flight test of an intercontinental ballistic missile demonstrated his country can hit the US mainland, hours after the launch left analysts concluding that a wide swath of the United States, including Los Angeles and Chicago, is now in range of North Korean weapons. The …
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July 29, 2017 -
N Korea missile launch clear, sharp military escalation: Nikki Haley
US Ambassador to the UN Nikki Haley called North Korea's intercontinental ballistic missile launch (ICBM) test a "clear and sharp military escalation" and said military action remained on the table, the media reported. "The US is prepared to use the full range of our capabilities to defend ourselves and our allies…One of our capabilities lies …
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July 6, 2017