WASHINGTON (AP) — Lawmakers are seeking to prohibit the U.S. from removing missile defense equipment from East Asia, even if the threat posed by a nuclear-armed North Korea is eliminated. Politics News Headlines – Yahoo! News Tweet This Post
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Kerry: Russia sells missile defense to Syria
ROME (AP) — Secretary of State John Kerry says the transfer of advanced missile defense systems from Russia to Syria would be a “destabilizing” factor for Israel’s security. Politics News Headlines – Yahoo! News Tweet This Post
Pentagon report: NKorea moving toward nuke missile
WASHINGTON (AP) — North Korea “will move closer” to its announced goal of being able to strike the U.S. with a nuclear-armed missile if it keeps investing in tests of nuclear and missile technology, the Pentagon said Thursday in a report to Congress. Politics News Headlines – Yahoo! News Tweet This Post
Kerry tamps down anxiety over NKorea missile power
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry delivered a stark warning to North Korea on Friday not to test-fire a mid-range missile, while tamping down anxiety caused by a new U.S. intelligence report suggesting significant progress in the communist regime's nuclear weapons program. Tweet This Post
Kerry visits tense SKorea amid missile test fears
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry arrived in South Korea on Friday on an unusual diplomatic journey, traveling directly into a region bracing for a possible North Korean missile test and risking that his presence alone could spur Pyongyang into another headline-seeking provocation. Tweet This Post
Pentagon: NKorea could launch nuclear missile
WASHINGTON (AP) — A U.S. intelligence report concludes that North Korea has advanced its nuclear knowhow to the point that it could arm a ballistic missile with a nuclear warhead, a jarring revelation in the midst of bellicose threats from the unpredictable communist regime. Tweet This Post
Korea tensions delay missile test, Hill testimony
BAGRAM, Afghanistan (AP) — Heightened tensions with North Korea have led the United States to postpone congressional testimony by the top U.S. military commander in South Korea and delay an intercontinental ballistic missile test from a West Coast base. Tweet This Post
AP source: US delays missile test as tensions rise
WASHINGTON (AP) — A senior U.S. defense official says the Pentagon has delayed an intercontinental ballistic missile test for next week at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California amid mounting tensions with North Korea. Politics News Headlines – Yahoo! News Tweet This Post
North Korea Moves Missile, Could Be Preparing a Test
U.S. officials suspect that North Korea may be preparing for a test of its Musudan medium-range missile after seeing evidence of it being transported to North Korea’s eastern coast. Such a launch would be the latest in a series of provocations by North Korea in… Politics News Headlines – Yahoo! News Tweet This Post
Obama Sarcastically Asks How Israel Afforded Such A Great Missile Defense System
JERUSALEM—While touring Israel’s “Iron Dome” all-weather missile defense system Wednesday, President Barack Obama sarcastically asked Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu where he got all the money to build such technologically advanc… The Onion Tweet This Post
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