Ballistic Missiles

13 Feb 2013

South Korea said on Wednesday it would accelerate the development of longer-range ballistic missiles that could cover the whole of North Korea in response to a third nuclear test by Pyongyang.

11:14AM

US west coast within range of North Korean missile, Seoul says

24 Dec 2012

North Korea's recent rocket launch amounted to the test of a ballistic missile capable of carrying a half-tonne payload to the US west coast, the South Korean defence ministry said yesterday.

5:06AM

Pakistan test fires nuclear-capable ballistic missile

28 Nov 2012

Pakistan on Wednesday test fired a nuclear-capable ballistic missile with a range of 1,300 kilometres, the military said.

The military described the Hatf V Ghauri missile as a liquid fuel...

5:44PM

North Korea continuing work on long-range missiles, images show

14 Nov 2012

Satellite imagery indicates North Korea has been testing rocket engines, a sign it continues to develop long-range missiles, a US academic institute says.

3:26AM

Russian President Vladimir Putin takes command of nuclear missile test

22 Oct 2012

President Vladimir Putin took the helm of what the Kremlin described as the largest nuclear command exercise in Russia's recent history, launching unarmed strategic and cruise missiles from the...

3:28AM

A military befitting South Korea's economic might

16 Oct 2012

The US has agreed to remove restrictions on South Korea's missile capability to allow it to build and deploy longer-range weapons. This would enable it to hit all militarily important targets in...

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3:47AM

PLA says it can launch nuclear missiles from anywhere on mainland

China's nuclear missiles can be launched quickly and accurately from anywhere on the mainland, a development described as being "far more mobile than imagined".

3:31AM

Beijing testing 'carrier killer', US warns

Senior US military officials are warning that China is testing an anti-ship ballistic missile - a long-feared and unique weapon that could theoretically destroy an aircraft carrier, forcing a...

4:31PM

How China could scupper US naval power

Outgoing US President George W. Bush is due to commission America's newest aircraft carrier today at the Norfolk naval base in Virginia. Named after his father, former president George H.W.

5:56PM

The business of pointing missiles

North Korea's attempt to launch its long-range Taepodong-2 missile for the first time, last week, was a failure.

11:17PM

The real terrorists do not have the ballistic missiles

Simple logic lies behind US President George W. Bush's missile defence strategy - Americans want protection.

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