WARS N RUMORS OF WARS: Tokyo placed on nuclear alert as Kim Jong-un now ready to strike
The rocket, believed to be an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM), flew for about 19 minutes over a distance of about 2,300 miles, according to South Korea’s military – far enough to reach the U.S. Pacific territory of Guam, which is 2,100 miles from North Korea. The missile test was carried out mere hours after North Korea threatened to nuke Japan and reduce the US ‘to ashes and darkness’ in response to the latest sanctions imposed by the UN, which puts a cap on textile exports and import of crude oil. READ MORE
RUMORS OF WAR: South Korea threatens to wipe North Korea out if provoked
South Korea has been angered by Pyongyang’s latest missile
launch, with president Moon Jae-in warning that further provocations
could result in complete destruction. He also ruled out the possibility
of opening a dialogue with the belligerent North. “In case North Korea
undertakes provocations against us or our ally, we have the power to
destroy (the North) beyond recovery,” the South Korean leader said on
Friday as cited by Yonhap news agency. Moon was speaking after North
Korea launched a missile earlier
in the day that flew through Japanese airspace and landed in the Pacific Ocean some 2,000 km east of Japan. Seoul immediately convened a National Security Council (NSC) meeting, where Moon condemned the launch, saying the North had once again breached United Nations Security Council resolutions and “poses a grave challenge to the peace and stability of the Korean Peninsula and the global community,” READ MORE
in the day that flew through Japanese airspace and landed in the Pacific Ocean some 2,000 km east of Japan. Seoul immediately convened a National Security Council (NSC) meeting, where Moon condemned the launch, saying the North had once again breached United Nations Security Council resolutions and “poses a grave challenge to the peace and stability of the Korean Peninsula and the global community,” READ MORE
Russia kicks off largest War Games since Cold War
Russia kicked off what Western powers expect to be the
country’s largest military exercise since the Cold War on Thursday, a
massive mobilization of forces that has triggered unease among U.S.
officials and their allies in Eastern Europe. Land, sea and air units
will be taking part in war games across a huge area encompassing western
Russia, Belarus, the Baltic Sea and the Russian exclave of Kaliningrad.
Moscow
says fewer than 13,000 troops are participating, meaning they don’t have to invite international observers. But NATO members and Western military experts believe as many as 100,000 troops may be involved in the drills. Dubbed Zapad, which means “west” in Russian, the exercise has its roots in vast Soviet drills dating to the 1980s. READ MORE
says fewer than 13,000 troops are participating, meaning they don’t have to invite international observers. But NATO members and Western military experts believe as many as 100,000 troops may be involved in the drills. Dubbed Zapad, which means “west” in Russian, the exercise has its roots in vast Soviet drills dating to the 1980s. READ MORE