Threat News

August 2, 2019

North Korea Conducts Third Missile Test Since Last Week Amid Stalled Talks With U.S.

NPR: North Korea has reportedly conducted a third test launch in just over a week, firing what appeared to be

August 2, 2019

Hypersonic threats need an offense-defense mix

Defense News: Next week, people from across the missile defense community will gather at an annual symposium in Huntsville, Alabama,

August 1, 2019

North Korea launches another projectile, US official says

ABC: North Korea has fired at least one projectile into the Sea of Japan, a U.S. official confirmed to ABC News.

August 1, 2019

Yemen war: Houthi missile attack on military parade kills 32

BBC: At least 32 people have been killed in an attack by the rebel Houthi movement on a military parade

August 1, 2019

Kim Jong-un Calls North Korea’s New Rocket System ‘an Inescapable Distress’ to Enemies

The New York Times: SEOUL, South Korea — North Korea said on Thursday that its leader, Kim Jong-un, attended the

July 31, 2019

PACAF Chief Concerned By China-Russia Cooperation, Antarctic Competition

Air Force Magazine: Joint exercises between Russia and China and a recent joint bomber patrol that violated South Korean airspace

July 31, 2019

Chinese PLA Personnel Completes Training for S-400 Air Defense System in Russia

The Diplomat: Another hundred Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) soldiers have completed a training course on the Russian-made S-400 Triumf long-range, interceptor-based

July 31, 2019

North Korea Conducts 2nd Missile Test In A Week

NPR: A week after similar tests, North Korea has again fired two short-range missiles into the waters that separate it

July 30, 2019

U.S. Sanctions North Korean Over Illicit Trade, Missile Program

Wall Street Journal: WASHINGTON—The Treasury Department imposed sanctions on a North Korean man on Monday it accuses of evading trade

July 30, 2019

Russia’s Strategic Rocket Forces Test Fire Nuclear-Capable Topol ICBM

The Diplomat: Russia’s Strategic Rocket Forces have test fired a road-mobile Topol intercontinental-range ballistic missile (ICBM) from the Kapustin Yar