Threat News

August 24, 2016

Japan, China, S. Korea unite in condemning N. Korea missile

AP: The foreign ministers of China, Japan and South Korea made a rare display of unity Wednesday to sharply criticize

August 24, 2016

North Korean submarine missile launch shows improved ability

AP: A ballistic missile fired from a North Korean submarine on Wednesday flew about 500 kilometers (310 miles), the longest

August 24, 2016

Ready to Compete: Is Iran’s Bavar-373 system an answer to Russia’s S-300?

The Iran Project: Iran has recently showcased its newest air defense missile system, Bavar-373, which features characteristics similar to Russia’s

August 23, 2016

Analysis: IRGC implicated in arming Yemeni Houthis with missiles

The Long War Journal: Since July, state-affiliated media in Iran has publicized the Yemeni Houthi movement’s use of a variant

August 23, 2016

Russia’s ‘US Missile Defense-Killing’ Hypersonic Rockets Arriving Soon

Sputnik: Russian defense analyst Vladimir Tuchkov analyses Russian, Chinese and American developments in hypersonic weapons technology, including the expected timeframe

August 22, 2016

Iran releases new missile defense images

Al Arabiya English: Iran released images of its first domestically built long-range missile defense system on Sunday, a project started

August 18, 2016

How China Plans to Utilize Space for A2/AD in the Pacific

The National Interest: For many watchers of the Asia-Pacific, anti-access/area-denial (A2/AD) is the most serious challenge the U.S. faces in

August 18, 2016

Claims Chinese officers ‘spied’ on British ballistic missile radar base

UK Defence Journal: It has been claimed that Chinese officers who attended an RAF training course spent much of their

August 18, 2016

Russian chemical defense troops to use Yars ICBM launchers in drills for first time

Russia Today: RS-24 Yars mobile ground missile complexes will be used for the first time in special drills involving Russia’s

August 15, 2016

Japan to develop missile as tensions with China mount – reports

The Guardian: Japan will develop a new land-to-sea missile as part of plans to beef up its defence of remote