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U.S. evidence suggests Iranian missile shot down Ukrainian plane by mistake, sources say
U.S. intelligence officials have evidence that suggests the Ukraine International Airlines jetliner that crashed in Iran on Wednesday, killing 176 people, was downed by an Iranian missile by mistake, multiple officials told NBC News. An initial Iranian report released Thursday suggested a sudden emergency struck the Boeing 737 before it went down just moments after …
Ukraine jet may have been hit by Iran missile
The Ukrainian jet that crashed after taking off from a Tehran airport may have been mistakenly shot down by an Iranian missile, a London-based global information firm says. “Photographs purportedly taken near the site of the crash and circulated on social media appear to show the guidance section of an SA-15 Gauntlet short-range, surface to air missile, …
Pentagon: Technology, defense prevented deaths in Iran missile attack in Iraq
U.S. technology and extensive defensive preparations helped prevent U.S. and coalition casualties following Iran’s missile attack on two bases in Iraq, Pentagon officials said Wednesday, far more than any effort on Tehran’s part to offer a controlled and limited response to the killing of Gen. Qassem Soleimani that resulted in no American or allied casualties …
Iran missile attack: Iran attacks two Iraqi bases housing US forces in revenge for Soleimani’s death
A US official told CNN that there were no initial reports of any US casualties, but an assessment is underway. There are casualties among the Iraqis at Ain al-Asad airbase following the attack, an Iraqi security source tells CNN. The number of casualties and whether the individuals were killed or wounded was not immediately clear. …
North Korea’s Kim Jong Un Says He Is No Longer Bound By Nuclear Missile Moratorium : NPR
A man watches TV news at a railroad station on Jan. 1 in Seoul, South Korea. While waiting for North Korea’s leader to address his nuclear-weapons plans, the program featured file footage of a North Korean missile test. Jung Yeon-Je/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Jung Yeon-Je/AFP via Getty Images A man watches …
U.S. officials bracing for imminent North Korea intercontinental ballistic missile test.
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Pentagon advances new technology to destroy hypersonic missile attacks
Artist’s impression of hypersonic weapons. (Raytheon) Washington, D.C. – Carrier strike groups, mechanized armored columns of ground vehicles and sensitive ground sites can all be destroyed in a matter of several minutes by fast, maneuverable hypersonic weapons traveling at five-times the speed of sound. Now – the Pentagon wants to stop them with new space …
North Korea calls Shinzo Abe an idiot, warns of future missile launch
North Korea called Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe an “idiot” and “political dwarf” Saturday in a row over Pyongyang’s latest rocket tests, warning that he “may see what a real ballistic missile is in the not distant future.” The statement from the North Korean foreign ministry followed Pyongyang’s launch of two short-range projectiles into the ocean on Thursday. The test had prompted Abe to …
North Korea fires projectiles from ‘super-large’ missile launcher, South Korea says
“This North Korean action does not aid the easing of tension on the Korean Peninsula,” said Army Major General Jeong Dong-jin of the South Korean Joint Chief of Staff. “We express a strong regret and again call for immediate suspension of actions that heightens tension,” he added. General Jeong said the two short-range projectiles, fired …
‘Of great significance’: North Korea hails submarine launch of ballistic missile | World news
North Korea says it successfully test-fired a new type of submarine-launched ballistic missile (SLBM) from the sea off its east coast. “The new-type ballistic missile was fired in vertical mode” in the waters off Wonsan Bay on Wednesday, the North’s KCNA state news agency reported. Analysts say the launch may be used as leverage in …
