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The curious North Korean Type 73 machine gun is getting new attention as a result of the Hermit Kingdom's expanding support for Russia's war in Ukraine, which now includes the deployment of thousands of troops.
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North Korea’s Wacky Type 73 Machine Guns May Be Entering The Fight In Ukraine

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Nov 9, 2024

North Korea has tested an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) that it claims is its longest-ranged so far. The announcement of the test of the Hwasong-19 comes amid large-scale U.S.-South Korean military maneuvers during which their aircraft have bombed mock-ups of North Korean ballistic missile launchers.
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North Korea’s New ICBM May Have Biggest Transporter-Erector-Launcher We’ve Ever Seen

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on Nov 1, 2024

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North Korea Gaining Modern Combat Experience Fighting Ukraine Is A Big Problem

By Tyler Rogoway

Posted on Oct 29, 2024

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North Korean Troops In Russia Finally Confirmed By NATO, U.S.

By Howard Altman

Posted on Oct 23, 2024

South Korea may send advisors and weapons to Ukraine in response to North Korea's troop deployment to Russia.
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South Korea Could Send Advisors, Weapons To Ukraine Over North Korean Troop Movements

By Howard Altman

Updated on Oct 22, 2024

South Korean intelligence has offered a new assessment about North Korea's military presence in Ruussia.
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South Korea Intelligence Offers Assessment Of North Korean Troops Fighting For Russia (Updated)

By Howard Altman

Posted on Oct 18, 2024

Nearly 11,000 North Korean Troops In Russia Preparing To Enter The Fight Says Ukraine’s Spy Boss
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Nearly 11,000 North Korean Troops In Russia Preparing To Enter The Fight Says Ukraine’s Spy Boss

By Howard Altman

Posted on Oct 18, 2024

Thousands of North Korean troops are training to help Russia fight Ukraine.
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Thousands Of North Korean Troops To Help Russia Fight Ukraine: Reports

By Howard Altman

Posted on Oct 15, 2024

Trash-carrying balloons launched across the border by North Korea are seen floating in the sky above Seoul on October 4, 2024. Relations between the two Koreas are at one of their lowest points in years, with Pyongyang ramping up weapons tests and bombarding the South with balloons carrying rubbish, and Seoul suspending a military deal and resuming propaganda broadcasts in response.
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North Korea Sending GPS-Equipped Balloons Across The Border

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on Oct 14, 2024

North Korea accused South Korea on Friday of sending drones to scatter a "huge number" of anti-North leaflets over its capital Pyongyang, in what it called a political and military provocation that could lead to armed conflict.
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Drones Penetrate North Korean Air Defenses To Drop Propaganda Leaflets On Pyongyang

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on Oct 11, 2024

North Korea is wading deeper into the Ukraine war on behalf of Russia
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North Korea Wading Deeper Into Russia’s War Against Ukraine

By Howard Altman

Posted on Oct 10, 2024

A TV screen shows an image of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un at a ceremony on September 6 to celebrate the launch of a newly built "tactical nuclear attack submarine" during a news program at the Yongsanl Railway Station. North Korea has launched a newly built "tactical nuclear attack submarine" capable of carrying out an underwater nuclear attack, with leader Kim Jong Un vowing to "further strengthen the state nuclear deterrence," the North's state media said on September 8. (
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Signs Point To North Korea Building A Nuclear-Powered Submarine: South Korean Intel

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on Oct 9, 2024

North Korea has revealed two new kamikaze drones that look to be virtual copies, at least externally, of the Israeli-made Harop and Hero-400.
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North Korea Unveils Clones of Israeli Kamikaze Drones

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Aug 26, 2024

North Korean NLOS missile vehicle in Ukraine
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North Korean Anti-Tank Missile-Toting Vehicle Appears To Be Operating In Ukraine

By Howard Altman

Posted on Jul 30, 2024

North Korea says it has successfully tested a ballistic missile fitted with a multiple independently targetable reentry vehicle (MIRV) payload — one that contains several warheads, each capable of hitting a different target. Meanwhile, South Korea claims that the test was a failure. Whether successful or not, the emergence of MIRV technologies is another indicator of North Korea’s rapidly developing strategic arsenal, which is growing in size and capabilities despite sanctions.
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Conflicting Claims Surround North Korea’s Test Of Multiple Independently Targetable Reentry Vehicle

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on Jun 27, 2024

North Korea may send troops to Ukraine
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Ukraine Situation Report: North Korea May Send Forces To Occupied Territories

By Howard Altman

Posted on Jun 26, 2024

A South Korean K1E1 tank participates in a joint river-crossing exercise in Yeoncheon, Gyeonggi province on March 20, 2024. Russian’s President Putin has warned South Korea that it would be making “a big mistake” if it decided to supply weapons to Ukraine. While Seoul has so far condemned Moscow for its full-scale invasion of Ukraine and provided Kyiv with economic and humanitarian, it has stopped short of sending arms.
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South Korean Arms For Ukraine Would Be A Huge Deal And Putin Knows It

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on Jun 20, 2024

South Korea will resume military drills near the border in the wake of Kim Jong-un's poop balloon incursion.
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South Korea To End Long Pause In Drills Near DMZ After Poop Balloon Incursions

By Howard Altman

Posted on Jun 4, 2024

North Korea sent hundreds of balloons, many filled with manure, into South Korea.
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Poop-Filled North Korean Balloons Descend On The South Stoking Fears Of Deadlier Payloads

By Howard Altman

Posted on May 29, 2024

Ukraine Situation Report: Half Of North Korean Missiles Used By Russia Failed, Kyiv Says
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Ukraine Situation Report: Half Of North Korean Missiles Used By Russia Failed, Kyiv Says

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on May 7, 2024

North Korea has tested what it claims is a new intermediate-range hypersonic missile tipped with a unpowered boost-glide vehicle.
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North Korea’s Latest Hypersonic Missile System Is One Sinister-Looking Weapon

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Apr 3, 2024

Kim Jong Un takes his new Russian limo out for a spin
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Limo Gifted From Putin Is Now Carting Kim Around North Korea

By Oliver Parken

Posted on Mar 18, 2024

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un pictured emerging from Russian President Putin's armored limo
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Kim Jong Un Gifted Russian-Made Luxury Car From Pal Putin

By Oliver Parken

Posted on Feb 21, 2024

Russia has reportedly recieved hundreds of Iranian ballistic missiles after years of negotiations, which could present a significant new threat to Ukraine.
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Iran Just Delivered Hundreds Of Iranian Ballistic Missiles To Russia: Report

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Feb 21, 2024

KN-24 SRBM
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North Korean Missile Used In Ukraine Was Packed Full Of U.S. Parts

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on Feb 20, 2024

North Korea's advanced drones get inspected by Kim as a launch of a solid fuel IRBM occurs
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North Korea’s Most Advanced Drones Reemerge, Solid Fuel IRBM Tested

By Howard Altman, Tyler Rogoway

Posted on Jan 16, 2024

Russia is now firing North Korean-made short-range ballistic missiles at targets in Ukraine, according to the U.S. government.
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Russia Is Firing North Korean Ballistic Missiles At Ukraine

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Jan 4, 2024

AEW&C aircraft in North Korea.
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North Korea May Be Building An Early-Warning Radar Plane

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on Dec 15, 2023

Rocket Artillery Russia
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Ukraine Situation Report: 1M North Korean Artillery Rounds Sent To Russia, Seoul Says

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on Nov 1, 2023

Maybach Kim Train Russia
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Kim Jong Un’s Maybach Limo Seen Squeezing Into His Armored Train

By Tyler Rogoway

Posted on Sep 15, 2023

North Korean Leader Kim visits KnAAPO
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Will Russia Trade Fighter Jets For North Korean Artillery Shells?

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on Sep 15, 2023

KIM AND PUTIN
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Ukraine Situation Report: U.S. Warns North Korea, Russia Against Arms Deals

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on Sep 14, 2023

North Korea rocket truck
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North Korea Debuts Rocket Launchers That Appear As Civilian Trucks

By Stetson Payne, Tyler Rogoway

Posted on Sep 9, 2023

North Korea Nuclear Missile Submarine
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North Korea’s Diesel-Electric Ballistic Missile ‘Frankensub’ Emerges

By Tyler Rogoway

Posted on Sep 8, 2023

North Korea corvette nuclear armed
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“Strategic” Cruise Missile Tested From North Korea’s New Corvette

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on Aug 21, 2023

Ukraine Situation Report: The Curious Case Of Kyiv’s North Korean Rockets
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Ukraine Situation Report: The Curious Case Of Kyiv’s North Korean Rockets

By Stetson Payne

Posted on Jul 29, 2023

North Korea Nuclear Torpedo Drone
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North Korea’s New Nuclear Underwater Drone-Torpedo Follows Russia’s Playbook

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on Jul 28, 2023

North Korea Drone RQ-4
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North Korea Unveils Look-Alike Global Hawk, Reaper Drones

By Thomas Newdick, Tyler Rogoway

Posted on Jul 27, 2023

A U.S. national has reportedly deliberately crossed over into North Korea, prompting questions about a possible defection.
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U.S. Service Member In North Korea After “Willfully” Crossing Border (Updated)

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Jul 18, 2023

MOP Bunker Buster
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Our Best Look Yet At The Massive Ordnance Penetrator Bunker Buster Bomb

By Oliver Parken

Posted on May 4, 2023

Ohio Ballistic Missile Submarine To Visit Korea For First Time In 40 Years: Reports (Updated)
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Ohio Ballistic Missile Submarine To Visit Korea For First Time In 40 Years: Reports (Updated)

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Apr 26, 2023

North Korea Solid Fuel ICBM
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North Korea Has Tested Its First Solid Fuel ICBM (Updated)

By Tyler Rogoway

Posted on Apr 14, 2023

KN-23 SILO
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Silo-Launched Ballistic Missile Capability Likely Tested By North Korea

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on Mar 20, 2023

North Korea New ICBM
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North Korea Shows Off Unprecedented Number Of ICBMs And Possible New Solid-Fuel Design

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on Feb 9, 2023

S. Korea Drones
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North Korean Drone Entered No-Fly Zone Over President’s Office In Seoul

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on Jan 5, 2023

Korean Air Force Scramble
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First North Korean Drone Intrusion In Five Years Spurs South To Scramble

By Howard Altman, Tyler Rogoway

Posted on Dec 26, 2022

L-SAM
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South Korea’s New Anti-Ballistic Missile System Downs Targets In Tests

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on Nov 22, 2022

KN-23 SRBM
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Ballistic Missile Wreckage From North Korean Test Recovered

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on Nov 7, 2022

Russian artillery
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Ukraine Situation Report: North Korea Covertly Arming Russia

By Howard Altman

Posted on Nov 2, 2022

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North Korean Missile Crossed Over Maritime Border For First Time

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on Nov 2, 2022

Don’t Laugh At North Korea’s New Lake-Launched Ballistic Missiles
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Don’t Laugh At North Korea’s New Lake-Launched Ballistic Missiles

By Joseph Trevithick, Tyler Rogoway

Posted on Oct 12, 2022

South Korean F-15K
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Seoul Scrambles 30 Fighters After North Korean Jets Approach Border

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on Oct 6, 2022

North Korea Fires Two More Ballistic Missiles
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North Korea Fires Two More Ballistic Missiles

By Howard Altman

Posted on Oct 6, 2022

Why Japan Didn’t Try To Intercept The North Korean Ballistic Missile
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Why Japan Didn’t Try To Intercept The North Korean Ballistic Missile

By Howard Altman

Posted on Oct 5, 2022

South Korea airbase missile explosion during launch
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Ballistic Missile Failure Caused Explosion At South Korean Airbase (Updated)

By Howard Altman

Posted on Oct 5, 2022

North Korea Ukraine
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Ukraine Situation Report: Army Of North Korean ‘Volunteers’ Said To Be Ready To Help Russia

By Stetson Payne

Posted on Aug 6, 2022

Clips from a video that is said to show an apparent missile launch, possibly from a submarine, in the South China Sea, as seen from a Cathay Pacific Boeing 777 airliner.
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Mysterious South China Sea Missile Launch Claimed To Be Caught By Airliner (Updated)

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on May 26, 2022

FAA’s Statement On Mysterious Air Traffic Halt Leaves More Questions Than Answers
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FAA’s Statement On Mysterious Air Traffic Halt Leaves More Questions Than Answers

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Mar 31, 2022

North Korea Just Openly Tested Its First ICBM Since 2017 And It’s A Monster (Updated)
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North Korea Just Openly Tested Its First ICBM Since 2017 And It’s A Monster (Updated)

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Mar 25, 2022

Incoming North Korean Missile Warning Prompted FAA’s Mysterious Air Traffic Halt
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Incoming North Korean Missile Warning Prompted FAA’s Mysterious Air Traffic Halt

By Tyler Rogoway

Updated on Jan 13, 2022

Mystery Surrounds FAA Order To Halt All West Coast Air Traffic After North Korean Missile Launch (Updated)
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Mystery Surrounds FAA Order To Halt All West Coast Air Traffic After North Korean Missile Launch (Updated)

By Tyler Rogoway

Updated on Jan 11, 2022

North Korea Claims It Successfully Tested A New ‘Hypersonic Gliding Warhead’
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North Korea Claims It Successfully Tested A New ‘Hypersonic Gliding Warhead’

By Tyler Rogoway

Updated on Jan 6, 2022

The U.S. Wants South Korea To Help Take On The Chinese Military As Well As North Korea
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The U.S. Wants South Korea To Help Take On The Chinese Military As Well As North Korea

By Thomas Newdick

Updated on Dec 2, 2021

New Short-Range Submarine-Launched Ballistic Missile Tested By North Korea (Updated)
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New Short-Range Submarine-Launched Ballistic Missile Tested By North Korea (Updated)

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Oct 20, 2021