The following is the July 21, 2023 Congressional Research Service In Focus report, North Korea’s Nuclear Weapons and Missile Programs. Read More
Tag Archives: NORAD
2nd Chinese Rocket Suffers ‘Uncontrolled’ Break Up Over Nepal Days After Texas Incident
The July 29, 2022 launch of three spy satellites on aboard a Long March 2 rocket. The second stage of this launch broke up over Nepal on Saturday.
Remains of a Chinese rocket that delivered spy satellites burned up over the skies of Nepal on Saturday, just days after a similar incident occurred over Texas last week, USNI News has learned. Read More
UPDATED: Chinese Rocket that Delivered Military Spy Satellites Breaks Up Over Texas
The June 23, 2022 launch of three spy satlittles aboard a Long March rocket. The second stage from this launch broke up over Texas on Wednesday.
This post has been updated with a statement from U.S. Space Command and additional information on the path of the debris.
The second stage of a Chinese rocket that delivered a trio of military surveillance satellites in June disintegrated over Texas on Wednesday, USNI News has learned. Read More
UPDATED: U.S. Downs 3 Unidentified Flying Objects Nearly a Week After Shooting Down Chinese Spy Balloon
F-22 Raptor takes off for a training mission at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam on May 16, 2014. US Air Force Photo
This post has been updated with additional details on a third shootdown of a high-flying object over U.S. airspace.
The U.S. downed two high-altitude flying objects that flew into North American airspace near Alaska on Friday and over Canada on Saturday, a Pentagon spokesman said. On Sunday, the U.S. downed a third unidentified object over Lake Huron, Mich. Read More
Report to Congress on North Korea’s Nuclear Weapons and Missile Programs
The following is the Jan. 23, 2023 Congressional Research Service In Focus report, North Korea’s Nuclear Weapons and Missile Programs. Read More
Report to Congress on U.S.-North Korea Relations
The following is the Dec. 12, 2022, Congression Research Service report, U.S.-North Korea Relations. Read More
Update to Congress on Military, Political Developments in North Korea
The following is the Sept. 15, 2022, Congressional Research Service report, North Korea: September 2022 Update. Read More
NORTHCOM: U.S. Needs New Ballistic Missile Interceptor by 2028 to Keep Pace with North Korea
Kim Jong Un in front of a the North Korea intercontinental ballistic missile. KCNA Photo
The United States needs to deploy its Next Generation Interceptor by 2028 or sooner to keep pace with North Korea’s accelerating ballistic missile program, most recently demonstrated in Pyongyang’s successful test-firing of an intercontinental ballistic missile Thursday, Air Force Gen. Glen VanHerck told the Senate Armed Services Committee. Read More
Military Planners Should Map Out Operations in Warming Arctic Waters, Expert Says
The Coast Guard Cutter Healy, a 420-foot polar icebreaker, transits to the Gulf of Alaska, July 20, 2021. Healy and its crew are currently on a 133-day deployment into the Arctic as part of a circumnavigation of North America to conduct Coast Guard missions and to support scientific research. U.S. Coast Guard Photo
The United States reminds Canada and Russia often that Washington regards the Northern Sea Route and the Northwest Passage as straits used for international navigation, not exclusively theirs to control, an international maritime law expert said Wednesday. Read More
NORAD: Russians Stay in Airspace ‘For Hours’ During Flight Operations Near Alaska
An F-22 Raptor assigned to Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson intercepts a Russian Tu-95 Bear on June 9, 2020. US Air Force Photo
This story has been updated to distinguish between Gen. Glen VanHerck’s role leading North American Aerospace Defense Command and U.S. Northern Command.
The Russian military is spending “hours” in airspace near Alaska when it performs flyovers in the region, the head of North American Aerospace Defense Command said on Wednesday.
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