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North Korea fires first-ever solid-fuel ballistic missile: Should Japan and South Korea be worried?

North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un claims the Hwasong-18 solid fuel intercontinental ballistic missile will ‘radically promote’ the country's nuclear counter attack capabilities. Experts say it could indeed change the security situation on the peninsula

North Korea fires ballistic missile once again. What's different about this one?

According to Seoul's military, North Korea fired a 'new type' of ballistic missile that may have used advanced solid fuel. All of Pyongyang's known intercontinental ballistic missiles are liquid-fuelled, and solid-fuel Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles have long been a top priority for Kim Jong Un

Russia tests ICBM that can 'destroy a city, evade all air defence systems'

The Russian defence ministry stated in a statement that a 'combat crew successfully launched an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) of a mobile ground-based missile system' from its Kapustin Yar test site

Russia launches drills of its nuclear missile forces

The massive exercise took place days after Russian President Vladimir Putin announced a plan to deploy tactical nuclear weapons to Belarus, Russia's neighbour and ally

North Korea says Thursday’s launch was Hwasong-17 ICBM

North Korea fired the ICBM into the sea between the Korean peninsula and Japan on Thursday, hours before South Korea’s president flew to Tokyo for a summit that discussed ways to counter the nuclear-armed North

North Korea's Kim Jong Un 'probably' preparing for new nuclear test: US

North Korea has conducted six nuclear tests since 2006, with each blast increasing in intensity. Its last nuclear test was in 2017

As Vladimir Putin raises nuclear threat one year into the war, a look at Russia’s nuclear arsenal

The Russia-Ukraine conflict has completed a year with both countries preparing for new offensives. Vladimir Putin has said that he is ready to use ‘all instruments to counter any threat’, raising fears of a nuclear war. But how many nukes does he have and what dangers do they pose to the world?

US tests long-range, nuclear-capable ballistic missile following delays over Ukraine war, China-Taiwan tensions

The test was originally scheduled for March but was put off to avoid adding to tensions over Russia's invasion of Ukraine. It was postponed a second time at the beginning of August as military tensions soared over China's test launches of multiple ballistic missiles

China to strike US bases in Indo-Pacific, aircraft carriers in war over Taiwan

Every Pentagon war game has shown the PLA beating America with its biggest arsenal of longest-range missiles

North Korea has 'likely more in store' after missile test, need tougher UNSC sanctions, says US

Referring to the North's recent launches as "increasingly dangerous provocations," the United States on Friday called for a "resolution to update and strengthen the sanctions regime" against Pyongyang at the UN Security Council.