South Korea says North Korea flew 12 warplanes near their mutual border on Thursday, prompting South Korea to launch 30 military planes in response. South Korea’s military says eight North Korean fighter jets and four bombers flew in formation. It says the North Korean planes were believed to have conducted air-to-surface firing drills. It says […]
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North Korea fires ballistic missiles, marking fourth in a week
North Korea fired two short-range ballistic missiles toward the sea off the east coast on Saturday, South Korea’s military said, marking Pyongyang’s fourth launch in a week as it ratchets up tension around the Korean peninsula. The launch comes after the navies of South Korea, the United States and Japan staged trilateral anti-submarine exercises on […]
Russia deploys S-400 missile defense systems in Arctic
MOSCOW: Russia has placed S-400 missile defense systems at the Novaya Zemlya archipelago as Moscow seeks to increase its military presence in the Arctic, the defense ministry said on Monday. The surface to air-missile regiment of the Northern Fleet’s air defense forces based on the archipelago’s southern Yuzhny Island has been fully equipped with new […]
Turkey blocked from US F-35 program after Russian missile purchase
WASHINGTON: The United States said on Wednesday that it was removing Turkey from the F-35 fighter jet program, a move that had been long threatened and expected after Ankara began accepting delivery of an advanced Russian missile defense system last week. The first parts of the S-400 air defense system were flown to the Murted […]
Turkey receives first shipment of Russian S-400 missile defense system
The first parts of a Russian S-400 missile defense system were delivered to NATO member Turkey on Friday, the Turkish defense ministry said, a development set to escalate tensions with the United States which has warned of sanctions over the deal. Turkey’s purchase of the Russian defense systems, which Washington says are not compatible with […]
Pak Navy successfully test-fires indigenous missile
In an impressive display of firepower, Pakistan Navy’s Fast Attack Craft (missile) carried out live weapon firing in the North Arabian Sea, said an official statement on Tuesday. Vice Chief of the Naval Staff Vice Admiral Kaleem Shaukat witnessed the live firing onboard the navy ship. The statement said that the indigenously developed cruise missile […]
N Korea’s Kim oversees test of new weapon with ‘powerful warhead’
North Korea’s Kim Jong Un has supervised the test-firing of a new tactical weapon with a “powerful warhead,” state media reported on Thursday, in the first test of its kind since nuclear negotiations with Washington stalled. The test marks a ratcheting up of tensions weeks after a summit between Kim and US President Donald Trump […]
Saudi intercepts Yemen rebel missile over Riyadh
Saudi Arabia said it intercepted a Yemeni rebel missile over Riyadh on Tuesday, as the rebels said the target was Yamamah palace, the official residence of King Salman. An AFP correspondent heard a loud explosion at 1050 GMT, shortly before the scheduled unveiling of the Saudi budget, which is usually announced from the Yamamah palace […]
Yemen missile fired at Saudi Arabia may be Iran-made, say UN experts
UNITED NATIONS: UN experts who traveled to Saudi Arabia to inspect fragments of a missile fired from Yemen last month have found a possible link to an Iranian manufacturer, according to a confidential document seen by AFP on Friday. Saudi Arabia and the United States have accused Iran of supplying weapons to Yemen’s Houthi rebels […]