Preliminary Assessment of the KN-24 Missile Launches
BY: MICHAEL ELLEMAN
MARCH 25, 2020WMD
North Korea test fired a pair of KN-24 ballistic missiles on Saturday, March 21, 2020. According to a statement from South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of...
Duterte ordered the expulsion of US troops from the Philippines
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Russia completes delivery of second S-400 missile system regimental set to China
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North Korea’s Hydroelectric Power – The Paektusan Hero Youth Power Stations
Analysis by Peter Makowsky, Jenny Town and Samantha Pitz
Background
The series of three Paektusan Hero Youth Power stations and Sodusu Hydroelectric Power Station Dam are located along the Sodusu River,...
Powerful explosions thundered in two military US bases in Japan and Syria
OKINAWA, DAMASCUS, (BM) – At the US Air Force Base “Kadena”, located in Japan, a powerful explosion occurred, which injured at least 8 US Air Force personnel, while sources...
North Korea’s New Pukguksong-3 Submarine-Launched Ballistic Missile
BY: MICHAEL ELLEMAN
On October 2, North Korea conducted an underwater launch of its new Pukguksong-3 submarine-launched ballistic missile (SLBM) off the coast of Wonsan. The two-stage, solid-fuel missile flew on...
Assessment of the March 9 KN-25 Test Launch
On March 9, at 07:36 AM local time, North Korea reportedly fired at least three projectiles covering around 200 km and reaching a peak altitude of 50 km before...
New ‘Bionic Eye’ Linked to Chip in Brain Could Cure Blindness
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – A team of researchers has built a bionic device that they say can restore vision to the blind through a brain implant.It has been more than...
Ambassador says coronavirus imported to China, points to genetic sequence as proof
A gene sequence in the novel coronavirus indicates that the virus was imported to China’s Wuhan, instead of emerging there, China’s Ambassador to Russia Zhang Hanhui told TASS Friday.
"Five...
Russian Su-35S, MiG-31BM scrambled to intercept US spy plane over Sea of Japan
Russian fighter jets of the Eastern Military District were scrambled to intercept a US reconnaissance aircraft over the Sea of Japan, the Russian Defense Ministry told reporters on Saturday.
Russian...
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Canada cancels weapons sales to Turkey over Armenia-Azerbaijan conflict
Canada cancelled all defense exports to Turkey on Monday after an investigation found that Canadian technology was used in the conflict between Azerbaijan and Armenia, the...
Azerbaijan’s president poses with helmets taken from fallen Armenian soldiers at opening of museum...
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Is Bosnia next?
The media in the region today caused real confusion by announcing that Slovenian President Borut Pahor, during a recent visit to Sarajevo, said that...
