9 d. ago Kim Jong Un sparks WW3 fears as he supervises new 'long range' missile system

The North Korean dictator even has a secret base near China that could shoot missiles towards the US, sparking worries that nuclear disarmament is a distant hope

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9 d. ago Pentagon has blocked Ukraine from striking deep inside Russia – report

Wall Street Journal says move is part of Trump administration’s effort to get Putin into peace talksUS defense officials have blocked Ukraine from using US-supplied long-range missiles to strike targets inside Russia since late spring as part of a Trump administration effort to get Vladimir Putin to engage in peace talks , according to a report on Saturday.The Wall Street Journal reports that the Pentagon has blocked Ukraine from using US-made Army Tactical Missile Systems, or Atacms. Continue reading...

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1 week ago North Korea has secret military base that may pose threat to east Asia and US, new report says

The ‘undeclared’ Sinpung-dong missile operating base is just 27km from the border with China, report by US thinktank saysNorth Korea has built a secret military base near its border with China which may house Pyongyang’s newest long-range ballistic missiles, according to new research.The “undeclared” Sinpung-dong missile operating base lies about 27km (17 miles) from the Chinese frontier, the Washington-based thinktank Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) said in a report published on Wednesday. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Russia to hold nuclear missile and Oreshnik doomsday drills on NATO doorstep

It comes after Vladimir Putin closed the airspace over the missile test site from which he launched his notorious new doomsday intermediate-range ballistic missile at Ukraine

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3 w. ago As the world hurtles ever closer to nuclear oblivion, where is the opposition? | Simon Tisdall

The puerile standoff between the US and Russia ought to alert a slumbering public to a risk that is in many ways greater than during the cold warNuclear weapons – their lethal menace, dark history and future spread – are back in the headlines again and, as usual, the news is worrying, bordering on desperate. Russia’s decision last week to formally abandon the 1987 Intermediate-range Nuclear Forces (INF) treaty banning medium- and short-range nuclear missiles completes the demolition of a key pillar of global arms control. It will accelerate an already frantic nuclear arms race in Europe and Asia at a moment when US and Russian leaders are taunting each other like schoolboys.Vladimir Putin, Russia’s president, has repeatedly threatened the west with nuclear weapons during his war in Ukraine. Last November, Russian forces fired their new Oreshnik hypersonic, nuclear-capable intermediate-range missile at Dnipro. It travels “like a meteorite” at 10 times the speed of sound and can reach...

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3 w. ago Vladimir Putin 'plans nuclear missile tests' for weapon with 'unlimited range'

Russia President Vladimir Putin unveiled the Burevestnik nuclear missile in 2018 and increased activity at the Pankovo test site has fuelled suspicions of an imminent test

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4 w. ago WW3 fears as Putin closes Russian airspace over site where 'doomsday' missiles are stored

Vladimir Putin has closed the airspace over the missile test site from which he launched his 'doomsday' Oreshnik intermediate-range ballistic missile at Ukraine last year

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last month Russian oil depot in Sochi set ablaze by Ukrainian drone strike

Volodymyr Zelenskyy welcomes long-range attack on Black Sea facility as drone and missile exchanges continue

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