Reuters Russia may fulfill the delivery of S-300 air defense missile systems, long delayed after Western pressure, following a meeting between Iran and Russia’s defense ministers in Tehran, RIA state news said on Tuesday. “A step was taken in the direction of cooperation on the economyand arms technology, at least such defensive systems such as the… read more
Business Insider: Within the next two years North Korea could have enough fissile material to build a nuclear arsenal of about 20 weapons, according to Siegfried S. Hecker, a senior fellow an affiliated member at Stanford University’s Center for International Security and Cooperation. Hecker, a former director of the Los Alamos National Laboratory who has visited… read more
CBS (AP): WASHINGTON (AP): Recent satellite imagery appears to show that a North Korean submarine is being equipped to fire missiles, posing a potential new threat to its neighbours, a US research institute has said. The finding published by 38 North, the website of the US-Korea Institute at the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International… read more
U.S. State Department Testimony Sung Kim Special Representative for North Korea Policy Testimony before the House Foreign Affairs Committee Washington, DC January 13, 2015 Mr. Chairman, Ranking Member Engel, and Members of the Committee, thank you for inviting me today, along with my colleagues from Treasury and DHS, to testify about North Korea. I particularly appreciate… read more
GENEVA, January 13 (Sputnik) — Russia could revise its commitment to the Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START) in response to ‘unfriendly’ US actions, the head of the Department for Non-Proliferation and Arms Control of the Russian Foreign Ministry said Tuesday. “We have not taken any concrete steps in this direction, but I am not ruling out the possibility that Washington could force us to do… read more
Defense Tech – Evidence has appeared in recent commercial imagery that a new North Korean submarine has up to two vertical launch missile submarines. The website run by the U.S.-Korea Institute at the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies called 38 North, posted the imagery with tags showing how the conning tower of a new… read more
The Washington Free Beacon – Iranian military leaders admitted this week to building and operating missile-manufacturing plants in Syria, where it was also revealed that Tehran is helping to build a secret nuclear facility. An Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) commander stated in a recent interview that the country’s Supreme Leader ordered forces to build and… read more
Sputnik MOSCOW, January 11 (Sputnik) — The Strategic Missile Forces (SMF) of Russia are planning to conduct over 100 drills at various levels in 2015, SMF spokesperson Col. Igor Yegorov said Sunday. “In 2015, SMF will conduct over 100 command and staff, tactical and specialized drills. The drills will be conducted in complex and tense conditions,” Yegorov told the press. The spokesperson added… read more
ITAR-TASS North Korea has drastically shortened the time needed to prepare for missile launches by improving liquid fuel quality for ballistic missiles, South Korea’s Chosun Ilbo daily has reported. The report said citing a government source that this could virtually incapacitate South Korea’s current missile defense system, which “used to be thought possible to detect… read more
Aviation Week Lockheed Martin is hoping that the maturing threat of hypersonic re-entry vehicles from ambitious adversaries will spark interest in the company’s dormant plan to design a more powerful booster for the Terminal High-Altitude Area Defense (Thaad) air defense system. China last month confirmed it conducted what officials there say was the third test of… read more