US, South Korea, and Japan Hold Joint Military Exercises After North Korea’s ICBM Launch

US, South Korea, and Japan Hold Joint Military Exercises After North Korea’s ICBM Launch

by | Jul 16, 2023 |

Washington, Seoul, and Tokyo held joint naval drills testing missile defense in international waters between Japan and South Korea on Sunday. Following Pyongyang’s latest intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) launch, an envoy from the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) spoke before the UN Security Council days earlier. He defended his government’s actions as a response to various military provocations by Washington and its allies. South Korea’s Navy portrayed Sunday’s drills as an opportunity to “improve security cooperation” with Japan as well as the United States in the face...

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North Korea Warns It May Shoot Down US Spy Planes

North Korea Warns It May Shoot Down US Spy Planes

by | Jul 10, 2023 |

Pyongyang accused the US military of conducting provocative surveillance flights which infringe on its airspace and trespass in its exclusive economic zone on Monday. The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) admonished Washington that if such provocations persist, American reconnaissance planes may be shot down. This comes amid soaring tensions on the Korean peninsula largely as a result of massive joint US-South Korean war games which have seen the White House deploy aircraft carriers, nuclear capable bombers, and Reaper drones. Kim Yo Jong, the sister of DPRK leader Kim Jong Un as...

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Biden Says Assad Must Go

Biden Says Assad Must Go

by | Jul 6, 2023 |

While on the campaign trail, President Joe Biden spoke with some "Syrian American activists" who favor increased sanctions on the country as well as regime change in Damascus, during a private fundraiser in Maryland last month. According to neoconservative columnist Josh Rogin – one of Bill Kristol’s protégés -  Biden told these regime change advocates that, among other things, Assad must go. Rogin says these activists “took advantage of their audience with Biden… to implore him to do more to oppose” Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. Alla Tello, a Syrian American from Massachusetts, said she...

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Kiev in Talks with Warsaw to Purchase Naval Strike Missile Systems

Kiev in Talks with Warsaw to Purchase Naval Strike Missile Systems

by | Jun 29, 2023 |

Ukraine is negotiating with Warsaw to obtain the Kongsberg Naval Strike Missile (NSM) system which would give Kiev the ability to hit targets on land or at sea from distances of more than 124 miles. This possible deal comes as the US and its allies are working to boost the longer-range capabilities of the Ukrainian armed forces. Earlier in the war, Washington provided Kiev with the somewhat similar Harpoon anti-ship missile launchers, but the NSM systems typically have a much greater range. Although depending on the variants used, the Harpoons can have a range of 80-150 nautical miles....

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Switzerland Vetoes Plan to Export Nearly 100 Tanks to Kiev, Citing Long-Held Neutral Status

Switzerland Vetoes Plan to Export Nearly 100 Tanks to Kiev, Citing Long-Held Neutral Status

by | Jun 28, 2023 |

In a move which will surely garner censures from Bern’s European allies, Switzerland has vetoed a plan to send roughly 100 mothballed German-made Leopard 1 battle tanks to Kiev, citing its neutrality laws. This decision comes as Ukraine’s long awaited counteroffensive has netted substantial losses in armored vehicles. Swiss arms maker Ruag AG requested a license earlier this year to sell the 96 non-operational tanks, stored in Italy, to Germany’s Rheinmetall. The tanks would then have been refurbished and sent to Ukraine, with Berlin’s backing. Seven years ago, the tanks were procured from...

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US Intel Community Hypes North Korean Nuke Threat, Concedes Pyongyang Will Not Use Weapons For Offensive Purposes

US Intel Community Hypes North Korean Nuke Threat, Concedes Pyongyang Will Not Use Weapons For Offensive Purposes

by | Jun 26, 2023 |

A National Intelligence Estimate (NIE) written in January which discusses Pyongyang’s nuclear weapons policy for the remainder of this decade was declassified by Director of National Intelligence Avril Haines earlier this month. The document looks at a variety of potential scenarios and concludes that the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) will continue to use its “nuclear weapons status” not for offensive military purposes but as a way of coercively accomplishing some political objectives. Declassified on June 15th, the NIE is titled “North Korea: Scenarios for Leveraging Nuclear...

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