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August 7, 2026 | John Hardie, Chloe Hurd

North Korean missile deployment raises urgency of Ukraine’s Starlink plea

North Korea has begun dispatching a ballistic missile unit to Russia to help bombard Ukraine, which is already struggling to defend its skies, Ukrainian military intelligence official Andrii Cherniak told Reuters this...

June 25, 2026 | Logan Rolleigh, Ryan Brobst, Bradley Bowman

Kim Pushes for Faster North Korean Defense Buildup With Russia’s Help

Kim Jong Un is interested in “overtaking the world,” according to his speech at the Second Plenum of the Ninth Central Committee of the Workers’ Party of Korea, which was held from June...

May 7, 2026 | Logan Rolleigh, Ryan Brobst

Russian security assistance is creating problems on the Korean Peninsula

In a unique episode of father-daughter bonding, Kim Jong Un and his teenage daughter, Kim Ju Ae, observed a ballistic missile test on April 19 in which North Korea launched five missiles with...

July 24, 2025 | John Hardie |

Intercepting Terror

Strengthening Ukrainian Air Defense

April 30, 2025 | Clifford D. May |

Putin ‘has to be dealt with differently’

Trump’s new perspective is correct

October 20, 2024 | Behnam Ben Taleblu, John Hardie

Iran’s Ballistic Missile Gift to Russia—And Vice Versa

Iran's missile transfers to Russia could make its missile program a more potent threat to U.S. forces, Israel, and other targets in the Middle East.

October 3, 2019 | Mathew Ha |

Days before talks with US, North Korea launches another ballistic missile

The South Korean government reported on Wednesday that North Korea had fired a submarine-launched ballistic missile that morning, the first test of its kind in over three years. The missile launch, which...

August 1, 2019 | David Maxwell |

Second Set of Test Launches Shows North Korea Not Serious About Disarming

Kim Jong Un has once again conducted a...

July 26, 2019 | David Maxwell, Mathew Ha

North Korea Conducts Another Short-Range Missile Test

North Korea on Thursday launched two short-range ballistic missiles off its eastern coast from near the city of Wo...