The U.S. will sell Taiwan an air defense missile system worth almost $700 million — the same one battle-tested in Ukraine https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/11/19/asia-pacific/politics/us-air-defence-missile-taiwan/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #politics #taiwan #china #missiles #defense #us
Senior Trump administration officials have held three meetings at the White House this week to discuss options for possible military operations in Venezuela, amid a growing U.S. military presence in the Caribbean. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/11/15/world/trump-officials-venezuela-meeting/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #us #donaldtrump #venezuela #missiles #drugs #gangs
North Korea's defense minister warned Saturday of more "offensive action" as Washington and Seoul criticized Pyongyang's latest ballistic missile launch. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/11/08/asia-pacific/north-korea-warns-offensive-action/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #northkorea #missiles #kimjongun
Nuclear-armed North Korea fired off an unidentified ballistic missile on Friday, the Defense Ministry in Tokyo said, with the missile apparently landing outside Japan's exclusive economic zone. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/11/07/japan/north-korea-missile-november-7/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #northkorea #southkorea #defense #defenseministry #missiles #nuclearweapons #sanaetakaichi
The Defense Ministry will begin a phased deployment of long-range standoff missiles capable of striking from outside an enemy's range. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/11/05/japan/long-range-standoff-missiles/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #defenseministry #missiles #localgovernment
U.S. President Donald Trump landed in South Korea on Wednesday for the last leg of his Asia trip, optimistic about a trade-war truce with China after summit talks with South Korea’s Lee Jae Myung. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/29/asia-pacific/politics/trump-south-korea-trade-missiles/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #politics #apec #southkorea #northkorea #missiles #leejaemyung #us #donaldtrump #trade #tariffs #taiwan #china #xijinping
U.S. President Donald Trump’s expressions of opening for talks with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un have been met, so far, with silence — and tests of nuclear-capable missiles. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/29/asia-pacific/north-korea-missile-trump/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #northkorea #nuclearweapons #missiles #donaldtrump #kimjongun #defense #southkorea
Russian President Vladimir Putin hailed the test of a new nuclear-powered cruise missile that his military said was capable of traveling for at least 14,000 kilometers. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/26/world/politics/russia-nuclear-powered-missile/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #russia #russiaukrainewar #vladimirputin #nuclearweapons #missiles
The plot of "A House of Dynamite" hinges on — spoiler alert — U.S. missile defenses failing to knock down a nuclear-tipped intercontinental ballistic missile headed for Chicago. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/26/world/pentagon-house-of-dynamite/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #us #usmilitary #film #ahouseofdynamite #missiles #defense
Experts say that while the U.S. president may look to return to talks with the North Korean leader, he’s unlikely to convince him to give up his nukes through summitry. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/24/asia-pacific/politics/trump-kim-meeting-analysis/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #politics #us #northkorea #donaldtrump #kimjongun #nuclearweapons #missiles #southkorea #leejaemyung
North Korea fired off at least one unidentified ballistic missile on Wednesday, providing Japan's new Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi with her first test the day after taking office. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/22/asia-pacific/north-korea-missile-takaichi/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #southkorea #northkorea #missiles #nuclearweapons #sanaetakaichi #defense
Kawasaki Heavy Industries is in talks to co-develop new engines for Germany's Taurus cruise missiles, another potentially significant step in Tokyo's retreat from decades of pacifism. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/10/17/companies/kawasaki-missile-engines/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #kawasakiheavy #defense #germany #missiles
NATO and the EU sought ways to boost anti-drone defenses as Europe looks to counter the threat from Russia after a series of air incursions in Poland and Estonia. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/16/world/politics/nato-eu-drone-defense-russia/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #nato #eu #drones #defense #markrutte #ukraine #russia #russiaukrainewar #vladimirputin #volodymyrzelenskyy #missiles
Donald Trump said he’d consider give Ukraine Tomahawk missiles that would allow strikes deeper into Russia. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/13/world/politics/trump-putin-us-tomahawks-ukraine/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #ukraine #russia #russiaukrainewar #vladimirputin #volodymyrzelenskyy #missiles #us #donaldtrump
North Korea has displayed its next-generation Hwasong-20 ICBM, showcasing the new weapon during a military parade in front of leader Kim Jong Un and senior officials from China and Russia. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/11/asia-pacific/north-korea-hwasong-20-missile/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #northkorea #missiles #nuclearweapons #kimjongun #defense
An expert panel has called for Japan’s next-gen subs to be able to operate longer and strike targets from father away. Easier said than done, analysts say, amid an array of technical and political challenges. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/08/japan/japan-nuclear-submarines-analysis/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #sdf #defense #submarines #nuclearenergy #missiles #china #us #indopacific #pla
Chinese Premier Li Qiang will visit North Korea for celebrations marking the 80th anniversary of its ruling Workers' Party of Korea later this week, Beijing and Pyongyang announced Tuesday. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/07/asia-pacific/politics/north-korea-china-li-qiang/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #politics #northkorea #china #kimjongun #liqiang #missiles #defense #nuclearweapons #donaldtrump #russia
U.S. President Donald Trump on Sunday said Russian President Vladimir Putin's offer to voluntarily maintain limits on deployed strategic nuclear weapons "sounds like a good idea." https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/06/world/politics/trump-putin-nuclear-arms-control/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #russia #us #vladimirputin #donaldtrump #russiaukrainewar #nuclearweapons #missiles #defense
China is transforming parts of its east coast into a platform for potential missile strikes against Taiwan and the nearby seas — a move crucial to bringing Taipei under Beijing’s control and fending off U.S. forces. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/05/asia-pacific/china-missiles-threatening-taiwan/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #taiwan #china #pla #missiles #usmilitary #asia #indopacific #defense
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said his country has deployed "special assets" in response to what he called Washington's arms build-up in the South, state media reported Sunday. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/05/asia-pacific/north-korea-special-assets/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #northkorea #southkorea #us #kimjongun #nuclearweapons #missiles #donaldtrump #usmilitary
