ballistic missiles

Russia launches intercontinental ballistic missile for first time, Kyiv says

Putin says Russia tested a new intermediate-range ballistic missile on Ukraine

12:53pm November 21, 2024

Putin said the new missile, called "Oreshnik," Russian for "hazel," used a nonnuclear warhead and was in response to Ukraine firing longer-range missiles into Russia with NATO's help.

This photo released by the Iranian Defense Ministry on Sunday, Jan. 28, 2024, claims to show a satellite carrier is launched at the Imam Khomeini Spaceport in Iran's rural Semnan province. Iran said Sunday it successfully launched three satellites into space, the latest for a program that the West says improves Tehran's ballistic missiles.

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Iran launches 3 satellites into space as tensions rise

11:35pm January 28, 2024

by The Associated Press

Iran says it successfully launched three satellites into space with a rocket that had multiple failures in the past, the latest for a program that the West says improves Tehran's ballistic missiles.

North Korea fired short-range missiles this past weekend, just days after the sister of Kim Jong Un threatened the United States and South Korea for holding joint military exercises.

Ballistic Missile Launch Near Japan Pushes Tensions With North Korea

6:35am March 25, 2021

North Korea launched two ballistic missiles into the Sea of Japan Thursday, in its first provocation of the Biden White House.

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Troops prepare for the military parade marking the 70th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China on Tuesday in Beijing.

China Flexes Muscles In Parade Marking 70 Years Of Communist Rule

8:23am October 01, 2019

by Emily Feng

As anti-China protests continued in Hong Kong, a parade in Beijing showcased stealth fighter jets and new ballistic missiles.

This photo released by the U.S. Defense Department shows the launch of a conventionally configured ground-launched cruise missile at San Nicolas Island, Calif., on Sunday.

U.S. Tests Missile With A Range Prohibited By Now-Abandoned Treaty

7:36am August 20, 2019

by Scott Neuman

The Pentagon says it tested a modified cruise missile that flew "more than 500 kilometers" — a distance prohibited under the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty scrapped earlier this month.

South Korean President Moon Jae-in (left) and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un shake hands after signing a joint declaration at the Paekhwawon State Guesthouse in Pyongyang, North Korea, on Wednesday.

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North Korea's Kim Jong Un Says He Will Visit Seoul

11:41am September 19, 2018

During a third summit between Kim Jong Un and South Korea's Moon Jae-in, Pyongyang also agrees to dismantle missile and nuclear weapons sites if the U.S. takes "corresponding" measures.

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Pakistan test fires its new Ababeel surface-to-surface ballistic missile in Pakistan on Jan. 24, 2017. Ababeel has a maximum range of 1,350 miles and is capable of delivering multiple warheads using multiple independent re-entry vehicle technology, accord

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China Acknowledges Sale Of Advanced Missile Technology To Pakistan

9:43am March 22, 2018

by Scott Neuman

The technology, described as a "large-scale optical tracking and measurement system," is reportedly for use in testing Pakistani ballistic missiles that can carry multiple warheads.

Iran's military says its Khorramshahr missile has a range of 2,000 kilometers (1,243 miles) and can carry multiple warheads.

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Iran Shows Off New Ballistic Missile At Military Parade

7:26pm September 22, 2017

by Bill Chappell

"When it comes to defending our country, we will ask nobody for their permission," President Hassan Rouhani said. The missile has a reported range of 1,243 miles.

Missiles on display in northern Tehran in 2014. A reported missile test by Iran on Sunday has led some American officials to accuse the country of violating a U.N. resolution that accompanied the 2015 nuclear deal.

Reported Missile Launch Is Early Test For Trump Administration's Approach To Iran

7:15pm January 31, 2017

by Rebecca Hersher

Since the 2015 international agreement to curb Iran's nuclear capabilities in exchange for lifting some sanctions, the U.S. and Iran have argued over what exactly it says about ballistic missiles.

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un looks at a warhead component being developed for a ballistic missile, at an unidentified location in this undated photo released by North Korea's Korean Central News Agency on March 15, 2016.

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North Korea 'Very Far Along' In Developing New Ballistic Missile

1:25pm January 06, 2017

by Geoff Brumfiel

Many independent arms control experts suspect that North Korea will test a missile capable of reaching the continental U.S. later this year. There may not be much the U.S. can do about it.