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July 22, 2016

Growing Threats Require Critical Upper Tier Missile Defense Capabilities

Defense News: “Order to Intercept Missiles Issued.”  This was The Japan News headline on 21 June 2016 when the Japanese

July 22, 2016

South Korean bank says North’s nuclear ambitions squeezed economy in 2015

Japan Times: North Korea’s economy last year is estimated to have contracted the most since 2007 as leader Kim Jong

July 18, 2016

South Korea, Japan, & The U.S. agree on deployment of THAAD missile defense in South Korea, but differ slightly on South China Sea

The Hankyoreh: Senior diplomats from South Korea, the US and Japan met in Honolulu, Hawaii, on July 14 and promised

July 1, 2016

25K military personnel converge in Hawaii for RIMPAC war games

Hawaii News Now: JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM More than 25,000 military personnel from two dozen nations are in Hawaii for

July 1, 2016

Musudan missile launches

Japan Times: With its latest ballistic missile launch tests, North Korea has continued to defy repeated international condemnations and resolutions

June 29, 2016

North Korea’s long-range Scud can reach U.S. Yokosuka base

The Japan Times: North Korea’s extended-range Scud missiles are capable of reaching the U.S. naval base in Yokosuka, Kanagawa Prefecture,

June 27, 2016

S. Korea, US, & Japan to Conduct 1st Missile Warning Drill on Tuesday

KBS World Radio: South Korea, the U.S. and Japan will jointly hold, for the first time, a missile defense exercise

June 24, 2016

THAAD capable of intercepting N.K. mid-range missile

Korea Herald: The advanced U.S. missile defense system THAAD is believed to be capable of intercepting North Korea’s intermediate-range ballistic

June 23, 2016

N. Korea Test Shows Need for Better Defenses, Pentagon Chief Says

Voice of America: U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter said Wednesday that he didn’t know whether North Korea’s latest missile test

June 22, 2016

North Korea missile reaches new heights, ‘intensifying’ threat to Japan

Reuters: North Korea launched what appeared to be an intermediate-range missile on Wednesday to a high altitude in the direction