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US conducts first missile test after exiting cold war era INF treaty
Hindustan Times, Washington | By Yashwant Raj
PUBLISHED ON AUG 20, 2019 11:28 PM IST
The Pentagon said Monday the U.S. military has conducted a flight test of a type of missile banned for more than 30 years by a treaty that both the United States and Russia abandoned this month
Russia says radiation levels reached 16 times normal in blast
Bloomberg | By Jake Rudnitsky
UPDATED ON AUG 13, 2019 02:42 PM IST
The blast killed five atomic scientists during test of a missile engine that used “isotope power sources” on an offshore platform in Arkhangelsk region, close to Arctic Circle, state nuclear monopoly Rosatom said over the weekend.
Trump says received ‘positive letter’ from North Korean leader Kim Jong-un
Press Trust of India, Washington | By Lalit K Jha
UPDATED ON AUG 10, 2019 05:18 PM IST
US President Donald Trump and North Korea’s supreme leader Kim Jong-un, have met three times since last summer to discuss the denuclearisation of the Korean Peninsula.
Kim Jong Un says North Korean missile test sends warning to US
Bloomberg | By Jihye Lee, Isabel Reynolds
UPDATED ON AUG 07, 2019 10:55 AM IST
North Korea has taken escalating steps in recent weeks to show its frustration with the U.S.’s refusal to meet its demands in nuclear talks.
Dismissing missile tests, Trump says Kim won’t want to ‘disappoint me’
Seoul | By Agence France-Presse
PUBLISHED ON AUG 03, 2019 09:08 AM IST
Underlining his intense personal support for the North Korean leader, Trump fired off three tweets brushing aside the short-range missile launches.
North Korea fires multiple projectiles, says South Korean military
Reuters | By Reuters
UPDATED ON JUL 31, 2019 12:03 PM IST
The latest launches were from the Hodo peninsula on North Korea’s east coast, the same area from where last week’s were conducted, the JCS said in a statement. It said it was monitoring the situation in case of additional launches and maintaining a readiness posture.
North Korea says missile test was ‘solemn warning’ to South Korea
Seoul | By Associated Press
UPDATED ON JUL 26, 2019 11:27 AM IST
South Korea’s military said that the flight data of the weapon launched Thursday showed similarities to the Russian-made Iskander, a short-range, nuclear-capable missile. A North Korean version could likely reach all of South Korea — and the 28,500 U.S. forces stationed there — and would be extremely hard to intercept.
‘Do you believe in UFOs?’: China hints at test of new missile
Beijing | By Reuters
PUBLISHED ON JUN 04, 2019 03:19 PM IST
The People’s Liberation Army typically does not announce new missile tests, but occasionally drops hints about what it is up to, amid a massive modernisation push championed by President Xi Jinping to ramp up combat capabilities.
‘North Korea’s missile tests not breach of trust’: Donald Trump
Washington | By Agence France-Presse
UPDATED ON MAY 11, 2019 08:11 AM IST
Pyongyang fired two short-range missiles Thursday following an earlier drill on Saturday. The North had not launched any since November 2017, shortly before leader Kim Jong Un embarked on diplomatic overtures.
US state department refuses to echo NASA’s criticism of ASAT test
New York | By HT Correspondent
UPDATED ON APR 03, 2019 08:52 PM IST
NASA had termed it a “terrible, terrible thing” to create an event that sends debris into an apogee that goes above the International Space Station.
‘Terrible thing, India’s ASAT satellite test created 400 pieces of debris’: NASA
Washington | By AFP
UPDATED ON APR 26, 2020 05:28 PM IST
As a result of the Indian test, the risk of collision with the ISS has increased by 44 percent over 10 days, Bridenstine said.
‘Tilting against windmills’: Pakistan responds to India’s Mission Shakti
Islamabad | By Press Trust of India
UPDATED ON APR 25, 2020 06:39 PM IST
Prime Minister Narendra Modi earlier announced that India successfully test-fired an anti-satellite missile by shooting down a live satellite.
‘Hope nations will uphold peace’: China reacts to Mission Shakti space missile test
Beijing | By Press Trust of India
UPDATED ON APR 25, 2020 05:27 PM IST
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday announced that India successfully test-fired an anti-satellite missile by shooting down a live satellite, describing it as a rare achievement that puts the country in an exclusive club of space super powers.
‘To defend interests in outer space’: Government’s 10-Point FAQ on Mission Shakti
UPDATED ON APR 25, 2020 04:53 PM IST
Mission Shakti: The significance of the test is that India has tested and successfully demonstrated its capability to interdict and intercept a satellite in outer space based on complete indigenous technology.
Nuclear capable ballistic missile Agni-5 successfully test-fired from Odisha
Press Trust of India, Balasore | By Press Trust of India
UPDATED ON JUN 03, 2018 11:50 AM IST
The surface-to-surface missile was launched with the help of a mobile launcher from launch pad-4 of the Integrated Test Range at Dr Abdul Kalam Island in the Bay of Bengal, Odisha, at 9:48 am.
Kim Jong-un’s peace offensive puts US and South Korea on the defensive
By Swaran Singh
UPDATED ON APR 27, 2018 11:52 PM IST
Hectic footwork in the Korean peninsula has already ignited enormous enthusiasm and anxieties about the two summits
Ahead of Trump meeting, North Korea’s Kim Jong Un says no more nuclear, missile tests
Agence France-Presse, Seoul | By Agence France-Presse
UPDATED ON APR 21, 2018 07:38 PM IST
The mission of the northern nuclear test ground has thus come to an end, Kim Jong Un has told a gathering of the central committee of the Workers’ Party.
Over wine and soju, Kim Jong Un joked about himself, say South Korea officials
Reuters, Seoul | By Reuters
UPDATED ON MAR 10, 2018 08:19 AM IST
The North Korean leader, repeatedly derided as ‘Little Rocket Man’ by Trump, was very aware of his image and reacted to comments made about him in a relaxed manner by joking about himself from time to time, the official said.