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Trump 'Golden Dome' plan tricky and expensive: experts
AFP, Published on 20/06/2025
» LE BOURGET (FRANCE) - President Donald Trump's proposed "Golden Dome" defence system is a plan that will face mammoth technical and financial hurdles, and could increase global insecurity, experts say.
N.Korea says US missile shield plan risks ‘nuclear war’ in space
AFP, Published on 27/05/2025
» SEOUL - North Korea has slammed US President Donald Trump’s “Golden Dome” missile shield plan as a “very dangerous” threat that could spark nuclear war in space, state media said on Tuesday.
Russia to scrap moratorium on short, medium range missile deployment
Published on 29/12/2024
» MOSCOW - Russia will scrap a moratorium on the deployment of intermediate and shorter range nuclear-capable missiles because the United States has deployed such weapons in various regions around the world, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Sunday.
Australia, US, Britain leaders to meet, submarine deal expected
AFP, Published on 08/03/2023
» SYDNEY - The leaders of the United States, Britain and Australia will meet in the United States next week to discuss security and foreign policy, the British Prime Minister's office announced on Wednesday, ahead of an expected nuclear submarine deal aimed at countering China's growing assertiveness in the Pacific.
Putin hails launch of hypersonic missile ship
Published on 04/01/2023
» MOSCOW: Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday sent off a frigate towards the Altantic and Indian oceans armed with new hypersonic Zircon cruise missiles that he said were unique in the world.
Iran says it has developed hypersonic missile
AFP, Published on 10/11/2022
» TEHRAN: Iran has developed a hypersonic missile capable of penetrating all defence systems, General Amirali Hajizadeh, the commander of its Revolutionary Guards aerospace unit, claimed on Thursday.
China planning supersonic missile that can fly, swim
Published on 13/09/2022
» Chinese scientists plan boron-powered supersonic missile that can fly and also swim like a traditional torpedo, according to researchers involved in the project.
North Korea fires two missiles as testing blitz continues
AFP, Published on 27/01/2022
» SEOUL: North Korea fired two suspected ballistic missiles Thursday, Seoul said, its sixth weapons test this month in one of the most intense spates of launches on record that has delivered an emphatic rejection of Washington's offers for talks on its nuclear programme.
N. Korea tested new 'submarine-launched ballistic missile': KCNA
AFP, Published on 20/10/2021
» SEOUL: North Korea successfully tested a "new type" of submarine-launched ballistic missile, state media reported early Wednesday as the nuclear-armed country pursues ever more improved weapons.
North Korea fires ballistic missile: South's military
AFP, Published on 19/10/2021
» SEOUL: North Korea fired a ballistic missile into the sea on Tuesday, South Korea's military said, the latest in a series of tests by Pyongyang as a US envoy repeated calls for dialogue.