ballistic missiles

France test-fires new nuclear missile as Macron watches

France fired its newest submarine-launched ballistic missile, the M51.3, for the first time on Tuesday, Oct. 6, the defence ministry said. The unarmed missile was launched from the nuclear submarine Le Vigilant off Brittany and came down "in the North…

Zelensky says Ukraine used own ballistic missile in combat

Ukraine has used its domestically developed FP-7 tactical ballistic missile in combat for the first time, President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Thursday, October 1. The weapon is made by the Ukrainian defense company Fire Point. Its first use puts Kyiv…

North Korea tests new hypersonic missile as Kim warns of ‘incurable headache’ for enemies

North Korea said it successfully tested a new combat weapon system on September 20, with leader Kim Jong Un and his daughter Kim Ju-ae overseeing the launch, the state-run Korean Central News Agency reported on September 22.

Iran restarts ballistic missile production underground

Iran has restarted ballistic missile production at underground facilities, assembling new weapons from components stockpiled before the war, The Wall Street Journal News Corp reported Thursday, citing U.S. and Middle Eastern officials. The development chips away at what Washington and…

Iran declares preemptive strike doctrine with new missile

Iranian state media on Monday declared that a ballistic missile with improved capabilities signals a new defense posture in which Tehran "will take action against any threat, even before it is carried out," marking a rhetorical escalation amid six months…

US, Japan, South Korea hold urgent talks after North Korean missile barrage

North Korea launched approximately 10 short-range ballistic missiles toward its eastern waters on Thursday, prompting urgent trilateral consultations among the United States, South Korea, and Japan just one day after Pyongyang dismissed President Donald Trump's scaled-back military exercises as meaningless.

North Korea fires 10+ missiles hours after Trump vows to meet Kim Jong Un

North Korea launched more than 10 short-range ballistic missiles on Thursday, South Korea's presidential office said, in what marks Pyongyang's largest single-day volley this year and a provocative response to both ongoing US-South Korea military exercises and President Donald Trump's…

Iran weighed missile strike on Ukraine before diplomacy defused crisis, NYT reports

Iran weighed launching a ballistic missile at a Ukrainian Black Sea port in retaliation for a Ukrainian drone strike on an Iranian cargo ship in the Caspian Sea, but stepped back after a burst of diplomatic activity, according to a…

China test-fires ballistic missile from sub in South Pacific

China's military test-launched a long-range ballistic missile from a nuclear-powered submarine in the South Pacific on Monday, prompting sharp criticism from Australia, New Zealand, and Japan over what they called a destabilizing act in a region governed by a nuclear-free…