The Chinese military on Tuesday conducted long-range live-fire drills in waters around Taiwan, part of a second day of 'major' exercises focused on blockading the island and deterring aid from Taipei’s partners. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/30/asia-pacific/china-taiwan-military-exercises-missiles/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #china #pla #taiwan #donaldtrump #sanaetakaichi #xijinping #us #usmilitary #defense #missiles
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has toured a factory making new multiple rocket launchers that could target South Korea, touting their ability to "annihilate the enemy," state media has reported. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/30/asia-pacific/north-korea-rocket-launchers/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #northkorea #missiles #kimjongun
Moscow is likely stationing new nuclear-capable hypersonic ballistic missiles at a former airbase in eastern Belarus, two U.S. researchers have found by studying satellite imagery. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/27/world/russia-missiles-belarus-airbase/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #russia #ukraine #russiaukrainewar #belarus #missiles
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un oversaw the test-firing of long-range surface-to-air missiles at a launch site near its east coast, state media has reported. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/25/asia-pacific/north-korea-long-range-missiles/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #northkorea #southkorea #kimjongun #nuclearweapons #missiles #us #submarines
The United States has informed Japan of its hope to additionally use heavy weapons, such as antitank missiles and rocket launchers, in training at Ground Self-Defense Force firing ranges. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/24/japan/us-heavy-weapons-use-gsdf/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #us #usjapanrelations #okinawa #gsdf #defense #rockets #missiles #defenseministry #hokkaido #miyagi #yamanashi #shizuoka #oita
For Japan’s top uniformed military officer, reinforcing the country’s defense capabilities to counter complex and diverse threats most think only exist in Hollywood movies has become one of his top priorities. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/18/japan/sdf-joint-staff-uchikura-interview/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #defense #defenseministry #hiroakiuchikura #missiles #china #drones #pla #usmilitary #usjapanrelations
Taiwan's high-profile deputy foreign minister, Francois Wu, made a previously unpublicized visit to Israel recently, sources said, at a time when Taiwan is looking to the country for defense cooperation. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/11/asia-pacific/politics/taiwan-deputy-foreign-minister-israel/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #politics #taiwan #china #francoiswu #laichingte #israel #missiles #defense
Democratic lawmakers briefed on a U.S. strike on a suspected drug boat in the Caribbean said they were troubled by a video showing survivors being killed, though Republican lawmakers there said the strike as legal. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/05/world/politics/us-boat-strike-explainer/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #us #petehegseth #venezuela #drugs #gangs #missiles #donaldtrump #warcrimes
Taiwan's government has proposed $40 billion in extra defense spending over several years, with the focus on developing a multilayered air defense system dubbed T-Dome. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/11/30/asia-pacific/taiwan-air-defense-focus/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #taiwan #china #pla #missiles
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un announced the country's air force will be equipped with "new strategic military assets," state media said Sunday — https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/11/30/asia-pacific/north-korea-kim-air-force/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #northkorea #missiles #nuclearweapons #defense #kimjongun
U.S. President Donald Trump's Golden Dome missile defense initiative is facing significant delays, hampered by the government shutdown and lack of a clear plan. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/11/23/world/delays-setbacks-golden-dome-shield/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #missiles #us #donaldtrump #usmilitary #defense
Explosive weapons killed or injured children at record levels last year, as wars increasingly move into urban areas, U.K.-based charity Save the Children said. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/11/20/world/society/explosive-weapons-children-2024-ngo/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #society #landmines #drones #missiles #un
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
