As experts expected, North Korea finally made known its demands to bring an end to escalating tension on the Korean peninsula, suggesting that the removal of U. N. sanctions and the suspension of joint military exercises by the U.S. and South Korea would be the preconditions for starting dialogue. But they are demands that clearly [...]
N. Korea Demands an End to Sanctions and US-South Korea Military Exercises
April 18, 2013 | Posted by
North Korea May Be Able to Arm Missiles With Nuclear Warheads
April 12, 2013 | Posted by
In a startling revelation that apparently took the Pentagon by surprise, a Republican congressman from Colorado, Doug Lamborn, read a porton of a Pentagon intelligence assessment during a congressional hearing yesterday that concluded with “moderate confidence” that North Korea has the capacity to make a nuclear weapon small enough to put on a ballistic missile. [...]
Top US Commander: ‘We’re Ready’ to Intercept Missile Launch by N. Korea
April 10, 2013 | Posted by
Tensions between the U.S. and North Korea are the worst since the Korean War ended 60 years ago, but the U.S. would have no problem intercepting any missile launched by North Korea against American or South Korean targets, the top commander of the U.S. Pacific Command, Adm. Samuel Locklear, told the Senate Armed Services Committee [...]
U.S. Cancels Missile Test to Avoid Provoking North Korea
April 8, 2013 | Posted by
The United States has delayed a long-planned missile test scheduled for next week and publicly revealed a new “counter-provocation” plan that describes how the U.S. and South Korea will respond proportionally to North Korea aggression. The U.S. is delaying the test of the Minuteman III intercontinental missile from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California “to avoid any misperception or miscalculation,” [...]
Russia Warns US, N. Korea Dispute Could ‘Get Out of Control’
March 29, 2013 | Posted by
Anxiety over the escalating rhetoric between the U.S. and North Korea has even reached Russia, whose foreign minister warned today that the exchanges ran the danger of spiraling out of control. North Korea put its missile forces on high alert and American stealth bombers flew training bomb runs over the Korean Peninsula. Both actions are [...]
After North Korea Threats, US Flies B-2 Bombers to South Korea
March 28, 2013 | Posted by
In what appeared to be a not-too-subtle warning to North Korea, the United States military announced today that two nuclear-capable B-2 bombers flew on a 6,500-mile nonstop mission from Missouri to South Korea, dropping dummy munitions on an island bombing range there and immediately returning home without refueling. The U.S. Strategic Command said the trip was [...]
North Korea Says it is Prepared to Strike US, South Korea With Missiles
March 26, 2013 | Posted by
North Korea is at it again, issuing a statement today claiming its missile and artillery units are now on “the highest alert” and prepared to strike South Korea, the U.S. mainland and Hawaii and Guam. It seems that almost weekly now that the regime of North Korean President Kim Jong-un sends out a barrage of [...]
South Koreans Talk of Developing Nuclear Weapons, No Longer Sure of U.S. Protection
March 11, 2013 | Posted by
As South Korea and the U.S. began conducting their annual military drills today, sending North Korea into a state of frenzy, the South Korean people have begun talking about the need to develop their own nuclear arsenal to contend with the threat from their increasingly bellicose neighbor to the north—an indication that the South [...]
Obama Promises Swift Action After North Korea’s 3rd Nuclear Test
February 12, 2013 | Posted by
Despite threats from international diplomats, North Korea followed through with its third nuclear test, inciting an outcry from U.S. officials and the United Nations Security Council overseeing the situation. Though North Korea claims the tests are for the purpose of developing nuclear energy technology, there is significant concern that the country is developing nuclear weapons. [...]
US and South Korea Naval Exercises Aimed at North Korea Enter Day 3
February 4, 2013 | Posted by
South Korea and America carried out a third day of naval exercises in an apparent attempt to intimidate North Korea. North Korea recently announced that it would test a third nuclear device, and called the naval drills “war-mongering.” However, South Korean officials believe that the arrival of the U.S. nuclear submarine will “send a message” [...]
