USA

US missile defence test fails off Hawaii, officials say

The test of the SM-3 Block IIA interceptor missile was conducted at the Pacific Missile Range Facility in Kauai.

01/02/2018

Ukraine

Ukraine test-fires first locally made cruise missile

The range of the missile has not been revealed but is said to be in line with Ukraine's international agreements.

31/01/2018

World News

Russia reinforces military presence in Crimea

Russia ramps up military reinforcements in Crimea, despite economic sanctions being extended last month,

14/01/2018

USA

Hawaii: False ballistic missile alert sparks panic

Human error by local emergency officials was to blame for the incorrect warning that a missile was heading towards the US state, after an employee pushed the wrong button

14/01/2018

USA

False missile alert spreads panic in Hawaii

Hawaii Governor David Ige said he was working to determine what had caused the false alarm and how to prevent it from happening again.

13/01/2018

World News

North Korea expands missile reach

Two missiles launched by the regime this year appear to have “definitively” brought Europe into North Korea’s range, according to a security expert

04/12/2017

USA

Hawaii: Cold War-era sirens resume

The US state resumes monthly warning sirens as the threat from North Korea intensifies.

02/12/2017

Syria

Israeli missiles 'strike Syrian military post'

Israeli missiles are reported to have hit a Syrian military post south of the capital, Damascus.

02/12/2017

North Korea

Russia accuses Washington of 'provoking' Pyongyang

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has accused the US of trying to force North Korean leader Kim Jong Un to "fly off the handle" as a pretext to waging war

30/11/2017

Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabia intercepts missile near Riyadh

Yemen's Houthi rebels said they fired the missile and that the target was the Saudi capital's King Khaled Airport

05/11/2017

Iran

Iran to increase military capabilities

Iran has announced that it will continue to develop the capabilities of it's military in direct defiance of the US after Trump's speech to the UN general assembly

22/09/2017

Japan

Japan: another rude awakening from North Korea

Japan: another rude awakening from North Korea

15/09/2017

North Korea

UN Security Council to meet after North Korea fires missile

15/09/2017

Turkey

Nato went 'crazy' over Russia deal, says Erdogan

President Erdogan to NATO allies: "What were we supposed to do, wait for you forever?"

13/09/2017

Korea

Protesters injured as THAAD deployed

Protesters have clashed with police at a village in South Korea as components of a controversial system to guard against missiles from North Korea were deployed.

07/09/2017

North Korea

North Korea: Stamp collection commemorates ballistic missile launch

The Korean Central News Agency released pictures of new stamps that were issued in celebration of the successful launch of the "Hwasong-14" intercontinental ballistic missile.

10/08/2017

Syria

Russia launches attacks on ISIL in Syria

Russia launches missiles at ISIL fired from the Med

23/06/2017

North Korea

North Korea multiple missile test

North Korea launches several short-range cruise missiles in its fourth test in four weeks

08/06/2017

North Korea

Latest North Korean missile test sparks Western fury

The latest test-firing by North Korea of a intermediate range missile has provoked a furious reaction from the West, South Korea and other regional powers.

22/05/2017

South Korea

US missile defence system now ready to defend South Korea

The US military says its missile defence system -known as THAAD – has reached initial operational capacity in South Korea.

02/05/2017