Breaking News:

X


Skip to main content

North Korea's new warheads could penetrate missile shield, says Japan

Pyongyang’s new short-range missile have irregular trajectory, which could outsmart interceptor missiles, minister warns

North Korea appears to be developing warheads to penetrate a missile shield defending Japan, the country’s defence minister has said.

Minister Takeshi Iwaya said on Tuesday Japan believed the rockets were a new short-range ballistic missile, pointing to their irregular trajectories, which theoretically could outsmart existing defence systems.

Continue reading...

from World news | The Guardian https://ift.tt/2ZzP4ji

Comments

Popular posts from this blog

Australia cast itself as the hero of East Timor. But it was US military might that got troops in | Paul Daley

Newly released diplomatic cables show the realpolitik behind the scenes as Indonesian militias prepared to torch Dili Australia’s precise role in bringing independence to Timor-Leste two decades ago continues to simmer as unsettled business at the heart of modern Australian diplomatic and military history. Twenty years is the blink of an eye, of course. And my memories of having a front-row seat on the Australian domestic politics, and the diplomatic and military movements preceding and following the East Timorese autonomy ballot, are vivid. Continue reading... from World news | The Guardian https://ift.tt/2HxB0Ni

Trump says Hispanic adviser 'looks more like a Wasp than I do'

President asks CNN commentator Steve Cortes whether he loves US or Hispanics more at New Mexico rally At a rally in New Mexico, Donald Trump implied that one of his supporters was too light-skinned to be Hispanic. The US president said of Steve Cortes, a member of his Hispanic advisory council: “He happens to be Hispanic, but I’ve never quite figured it out, because he looks more like a Wasp than I do.” Continue reading... from World news | The Guardian https://ift.tt/31qCz7G