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The Oreshnik missile launched Tuesday apparently took off from Russia’s Kapustin Yar rocket base roughly 800 kilometers from Dnipro, well away from intense fighting. This is the first time any IRBM has been used in combat. The Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty, ratified by the United States and the Soviet Union in 1988, banned ground-launched IRBMs. […]
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine says Russia launched an intercontinental ballistic missile overnight targeting Dnipro city in the central-east of the country, which, if confirmed, would be the first time Moscow has used such a missile in the war. In a statement Thursday on the Telegram messaging app, Ukraine’s air force did not specify the […]
G7 Foreign Ministers’ Statement on the Launch of an Intercontinental Ballistic Missile by the DPRK Media Note Office of the Spokesperson November 5, 2024 The text of the following statement was released by the G7 Foreign Ministers of Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom, the United States of America, and the High […]
By Gerry Doyle (Reuters) – Israel’s effective use of air-launched ballistic missiles in its airstrikes against Iran is expected to pique interest elsewhere in acquiring the weapons, which most major powers have avoided in favour of cruise missiles and glide bombs. The Israel Defense Forces said its Oct. 26 raid knocked out Iranian missile factories […]
Joint Statement on the DPRK Launch of an Intercontinental Ballistic Missile Media Note Office of the Spokesperson October 31, 2024 The text of the following joint statement was released by the Governments of the United States of America, Japan, and the Republic of Korea. Begin Text. U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken, Japanese Foreign Minister Iwaya Takeshi, and Republic of […]
North Korea fired a ballistic missile toward the North’s eastern waters, South Korea‘s Joint Chiefs of Staff said on Thursday. “It is believed the North Korea ballistic missile is a long-range ballistic missile fired at a high angle,” the Joint Chiefs of Staff said in a statement. The reported launch came a day after South Korea’s military […]
On Saturday, Israel launched airstrikes targeting multiple sites in Iran, with explosions echoing around Tehran. Israeli army spokesperson Daniel Hagari proudly declared on social media, “We carried out targeted and precise attacks against military targets in Iran – and thwarted immediate threats to the State of Israel.” This aggressive move raises questions: Is this the […]
Russia now strikes Odessa ports almost every day The Russian Aerospace Forces interrupted active ship traffic in Odessa ports. Ballistic missile strikes on the Odessa port infrastructure take place almost every day since October 6. Photo: минобороны.рф by Алексей Иванов, CC BY 4.0 The first strike was carried out on a vessel at sea on […]
The US State Department on Thursday imposed sanctions on a Chinese research institute and several companies it said have been involved in supplying Pakistan’s ballistic missile programme. Washington similarly targeted three China-based companies with sanctions in October 2023 for supplying missile-applicable items to Pakistan. Department spokesperson Matthew Miller said in a statement that the Beijing […]