May 17th, 2013 at 8:48 am » Comments (10)

Via KBS Global: The U.S. Department of Defense presumes North Korea has up to 200 mobile missile launchers. According to a report submitted to the U.S. Congress by the Pentagon, North Korea appears to have up to 100 short-range missiles launchers such as KN-02 and Scud, up to 50 medium-range Nodong missiles launchers, and up to 50 long-range Musudan missiles launchers. The figure is double the estimate by South Korean military and intelligence authorities, which calculated that the North has up to 94 missiles. The U.S. report also presumed that
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March 26th, 2013 at 4:16 am » Comments (9)

North Korea is once again making threats against US bases in Hawaii and Guam: – North Korea said on Tuesday its strategic rocket and long-range artillery units have been ordered to be combat ready, targeting U.S. military bases on Guam, Hawaii and mainland America after U.S. bombers flew sorties threatening the North. The order, issued in a statement from the North’s military “supreme command”, marks the latest fiery rhetoric from Pyongyang since the start of joint military drills by U.S. and South Korean forces early this month. South Korea’s defense
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November 15th, 2012 at 3:33 am » Comments (1)

Why would the North Koreans ship missile components to Syria on a ship making a port call in South Korea?: Diplomats say North Korea is suspected of shipping ballistic missile components to a Syrian company, in apparent violation of U.N. sanctions against Pyongyang. U.N. diplomats say South Korean authorities seized at least 445 graphite cylinders in May from a Chinese ship in the South Korean port city of Busan. The cylinders, which were disguised as lead pipes, were headed for a Syrian company with North Korean links. The diplomats said
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November 13th, 2012 at 3:01 am » Comments (1)

It seems the North Koreans continue to be committed to the missile program in an attempt to remain a relevant military threat to the US and its allies: Satellite imagery indicates North Korea has been testing rocket engines, a sign it continues to develop its long-range ballistic missiles, a U.S. academic institute said Monday. The analysis provided to The Associated Press is based on satellite images taken as recently as late September of the Sohae site on the secretive country’s northwest coast. In April, the North launched a rocket from
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October 13th, 2012 at 3:19 am » Comments (2)

Due to the recent missile agreement between the US and South Korea, the North Koreans are now responding by threatening a long range missile test: North Korea said on Wednesday that it felt freer to test a long-range missile now that Washington has agreed to let South Korea nearly triple the reach of its ballistic missiles, putting all of the North within its range. The warning, in a statement from a spokesman for the North’s Foreign Ministry, came a day after the North Korean government claimed to havemissiles capable of striking targets on
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October 6th, 2012 at 11:30 pm » Comments (22)

It looks like the US and South Korea have decided to agree on a new missile range agreement:  South Korea and the United States have reached an agreement on extending the range of Seoul’s ballistic missiles to counter the threat from North Korea, local media reported on Saturday, citing unnamed government officials. Under an agreement signed in 1979 and then revised in 2001 between the two military allies, the range of South Korean missiles is limited to 300 kilometers (186 miles) and a payload of 500 kilograms (1,102 lbs). But Seoul has long urged Washington to amend
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October 6th, 2012 at 6:17 pm » Comments (0)

I think this test probably was intended to send a message to the United States that North Korea does have surface to ship missiles that can be used to target US aircraft carriers that come into the Yellow Sea.  However, when it comes to North Korea launching a missile is one thing, if it can actually target and hit something is another story: North Korea last week test-fired one short-range missile off its west coast a day after South Korean President Lee Myung-bak presided over a meeting of security ministers,
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May 26th, 2012 at 5:08 pm » Comments (15)

Maybe the Korean government can test fire some these missiles on the Chinese fishing boats that continue to violate Korean waters and assault & murder Coast Guard personnel:  The United States is moving to sell eight advanced multi-purpose helicopters and 18 naval missiles to South Korea, worth nearly $1.1 billion, according to a defense agency here. The Defense Security Cooperation Agency said it has notified Congress of possible sales to South Korea of eight MH-60R Seahawk multi-mission helicopters, along with related parts, equipment, training and logistical support for an estimated
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May 22nd, 2012 at 11:44 pm » Comments (3)

This is a lot of money going into developing these South Korean missiles which I wonder if they also have plans to eventually export once the technology is proven?: South Korea’s defense ministry has requested 2.5 trillion won (US$2.1 billion) over the next five years to “drastically” beef up its missile arsenal to better cope with missile and nuclear threats from North Korea, a military official said Tuesday. The budget request was made at a meeting of relevant ministers on fiscal policy, headed by President Lee Myung-bak on April 28,
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April 19th, 2012 at 11:22 pm » Comments (5)

The Asian arms race is continuing and really the Chinese only have their selves to blame for their neighbors wanting to increase their deterrence capabilities against them: India said Thursday it had successfully launched a missile with nuclear capability and a 3,100-mile range, giving it the ability to strike Beijing and Shanghai, and heightening fears of an Asian arms race. With the successful launching of the missile, called Agni 5, India joins a small group of countries with long-range nuclear missile capability, including China, Britain, France, Russia and the United States.
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