The Diplomat: Yesterday, Russia confirmed that it will sell S-300 air defense missile systems to Iran, however, without announcing a precise delivery date AFP reports. “The decision on delivering S-300 to Iran has been taken but the realization of the project will take some time. As I understand, the time of delivery has not come… read more
UPI: SEOUL, May 27 (UPI) — North Korea released new footage of what it claims is the triumphant lift-off of a submarine-launched ballistic missile. Two minutes of heavily edited footage uploaded to YouTube appeared on the page of North Korea’s state-controlled media outlet Uriminzokkiri on Wednesday, reported South Korean news agency Yonhap. A ballistic missile… read more
Defense News: TAIPEI, Taiwan — China released its first white paper on military strategy Tuesday, just two weeks after the release of the Pentagon’s annual report to the US Congress on China’s military and security developments. Neither report appears to take blame for the rising tensions in the South China and East China seas. The… read more
Yahoo News: North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un has hailed the recent test of a submarine-launched ballistic missile (SLBM) — which was viewed with wary scepticism outside the reclusive state — as a miraculous leap forward. The North’s official KCNA news agency reported Tuesday that Kim hosted a gathering of the scientists and technicians who were… read more
BBC: North Korea has repeated its claim to be able to make nuclear warheads small enough to fit on a missile. A defence official said in a statement on Wednesday that its nuclear programme had “long been in the full-fledged stage of miniaturisation”. However, analysts say while there is evidence the programme is advancing, it… read more
National Interest: Russia may increase the size of its nuclear arsenal, a senior Russian official revealed on Friday. Speaking at the 2015 Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty conference in New York, Mikhail Ulyanov, the Director of the Department for Non-Proliferation and Arms Control at the Russian Foreign Ministry, said that Russia may be forced to increase the… read more
New York Times: WASHINGTON — After decades of maintaining a minimal nuclear force, China has re-engineered many of its long-range ballistic missiles to carry multiple warheads, a step that federal officials and policy analysts say appears designed to give pause to the United States as it prepares to deploy more robust missile defenses in the Pacific.… read more
Reuters: The United States is discussing with China imposing further sanctions against North Korea as the reclusive country is “not even close” to taking steps to rein in its nuclear weapons program, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said on Monday. Speaking in the South Korean capital, Kerry said Washington had offered the North the… read more
Press TV: A senior Iranian commander says the Army’s Ground Forces will stage a major missile exercise in the central province of Isfahan in late May. “The exercise, codenamed Beit-ul-Muqaddas 27, will be held in Kashan’s Maranjab [Desert] and Isfahan’s Nasrabad [City] on May 23-24,” Commander of the Iranian Army’s Ground Forces Brigadier General Ahmad Reza… read more
Ars Technica: On May 9, a Korean People’s Army Naval Force submarine test-launched a ballistic missile off the eastern coast of North Korea. The test launch, reported by North Korea’s Rodong Sinmun newspaper, only traveled about 150 meters, according to South Korean defense officials. But it demonstrated that North Korea had developed the capability of… read more