North Korean dictator Kim Jong-Un‘s belligerent threats and menacing military moves have raised alarms in South Korea, the United States and elsewhere. The latest from the New York Times: A new assessment by the Pentagon’s intelligence arm has concluded for the first time, with “moderate confidence,” that North Korea has learned how to make a nuclear weapon small enough to be delivered by a ballistic missile. The assessment by the Defense […]

Tensions are mounting on the Korean Peninsula this week as the US and the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (North Korea) are engaging in a dangerous game of military one-upmanship. The pace of combative rhetoric began accelerating after North Korea conducted an underground nuclear detonation test on February 12, 2013. After the test, the UN ratified a fresh round of sanctions, which were apparently mistaken by Kim Jong Un for […]

The U.S. is deploying 14 new ground-based missile interceptors in Alaska to counter renewed nuclear threats from North Korea and Iran, Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel said Friday. The new interceptors will be based at Fort Greely, an Army launch site about 100 miles southeast of Fairbanks, Alaska, and are projected to be fully deployed by 2017, Hagel said. The additions will bring the U.S.-based ground interceptor deployment from 30 to 44, […]