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An attempted missile launch by North Korea has failed and exploded on launch, South Korean and United States sources are claiming. The missile exploded in the east coast city of Sinpo, and is the latest in a long-running series of failures in North Korea's missile testing program. Even in failure, however, the North can still collect valuable data which will aid in improving and perfecting their missiles. LATEST NORTH KOREAN MISSILE TEST ENDS WITH EXPLOSION ON LAUNCH The attempted launch comes after a series of high-profile statements from North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un and U.S president Donald Trump, with the region appearing to be edging closer to war than it has done in decades. The missile launch was likely a show of defiance from Kim Jong-Un who has made several statements over the last few weeks stating that his country will continue nuclear missile tests regardless of international pressure to stop, or U.S troop movements close to his borders. The North Korean state...

Several American F-35A Lightning II multi-functional fighter-bombers will be temporarily deployed in Europe for joint exercises with NATO allies. Photo: Flickr / US Air Force The US will deploy several F-35A Lightning II multi-functional fighter-bombers to Europe in order to conduct planned military exercises, the Inside Defense information portal reported, citing a press release of the Pentagon. “The aircraft are scheduled to conduct training with other US and NATO aircraft, based in Europe, for several weeks as part of the European Reassurance Initiative,” the press release reads. As an officer of the US Air Force , Mark Graff, told the Anadolu news agency, from six to ten F-35As will be deployed in the UK. The deployment will be conducted within the framework of the program of guarantees to the European allies, which was started by the Barack Obama’s administration under the pretext of combating “Russian aggression.” According to the US Military Department, the exercises will allow ...

According to the latest hackers’ report, the US National Security Agency has managed to intervene in the financial systems of Middle Eastern and Latin American countries. Photo: Reuters / Jim Urquhart Hackers of the Shadow Brokers group have revealed documents, according to which US intelligence could intervene in the financial systems of countries of the Middle East and Latin America, the Reuters news agency reported. The latest release of the group, named ‘Lost in Translation’, lists Qatar First Investment Bank, Dubai Gold and Commodities Exchange and Tadhamon International Islamic Bank as allegedly compromised. As a cyber security consultant, Shane Shook, who helped banks investigate violations of their SWIFT systems, told the news agency, the hackers’ release included a computer program code, which can be adapted by criminals to break into servers of the interbank financial messaging system in order to monitor the activity of credit institutions. Reuters noted that some documents,...

The usage of the GBU-43 Massive Ordnance Air Blast was another attempt of the Donald Trump’s administration to use force as a tool for solving political problems. Photo: laprensa.hn On Thursday, the US for the first time used its most powerful non-nuclear bomb in combat conditions, targeting terrorists of the Islamic State (IS) group . Reportedly, the GBU-43 Massive Ordnance Air Blast (MOAB), also known as the ‘Mother Of All Bombs’, was dropped by the MC-130 aircraft on IS terrorists and their system of tunnels in Achin district in the Afghan province of Nangarhar. According to the latest report of the AFP news agency, over 90 terrorists of the IS were killed in the aerial attack. “At least 92 IS militants were killed in the bombing,” head of Achin district of Nangarhar province, Ismail Shinwari, told the news agency. At the same time, the Tolo News TV-channel reported, citing the Afghan authorities, that at least four ringleaders of the local IS cell were killed in the US airstrike. A...

Alarm sirens have been sounding out in Pyongyang as tensions mount between North Korea and the US, which may lead to World War Three. A Russian newspaper has said that North Korean ordered an evacuation of more than 600,000 residents, which was a quarter of the city, as fears are growing over a nuclear strike. The media said that families had been torn apart thanks to the evacuation while leader Kim Jong-Un is set to set off a war with US President Donald Trump, following many months of the build-up of troops along with testing of nuclear weapons.  EVACUATION ALARMS GO OFF IN CAPITAL CITY OF PYONGYANG  The video posted online was said to be filmed in Pyongyang in North Korea and it, alarm sirens can be heard echoing around the streets telling residents that they need to leave their homes. China has said today that the world is on the brink of breaking out in war.  CHINA ISSUES WARNING: WAR COULD BREAK OUT "AT ANY MOMENT" RELATED ARTICLES  Kim Jon...

America begins test launches of modernised nuclear weapons. Onlookers have become increasingly concerned about the bellicose nature of the Trump administration following an increase in American military tension in both Syria and North Korea.  This week, anxieties were raised further after the American military dropped ‘the mother of all bombs’ on a target in Afghanistan which is believed to have been an ISIS pathway. Now it appears as though there may be further caused for alarm as the US National Nuclear Security Administration has announced the successful field test of the upgraded gravity nuclear bomb in a test site in Nevada. President Trump has given the green light to the US military to go ahead with an ambitious and incredibly expensive modernisation program related to the nuclear triad. According to Brian Becker, the director of the anti-war ANSWER coalition, President Trump has given a ‘black check’ to his generals, and they are currently in the midst of planning to...

AMERICA is “moving down the track” to using an even more powerful bomb in North Korea than the one it dropped in Afghanistan, according to one weapons expert. Dr Martin Navias, of King’s College London’s Centre for Defence Studies, said the MOAB (Massive Ordnance Air Blast) bomb, which was used on an ISIS tunnel in Nangahar, was not the most powerful weapon in Donald Trump’s arsenal. Aside from the MOAB bomb – the GBU-43 – nicknamed the “Mother of All Bombs”, he said another bomb, the GBU-57 – the Massive Ordnance Penetrator – was capable of even more destruction. Speaking to BBC Radio 4’s World at One , he said: “There are numerous weapons in the Americans’ arsenal that have not been used. “There’s another weapon that’s even more interesting. We’re talking today about the GBU-43, there’s another one, the GBU-57, that’s the Massive Ordnance Penetrator, and that will be very interesting to use practically because that one goes against deepened, protected targets – that’s a bu...

(CNN)North Korea put its adversaries on notice Saturday, when it showed off a bevy of new missiles and launchers at its annual military parade. Pyongyang showed off two new intercontinental ballistic missile-sized canisters as well as displaying its submarine-launched ballistic missile and a land-based version of the same for the first time, according to analysts. If North Korea has ICBMs, it could give it the ability to strike targets in the mainland US and Europe. The shorter range ballistic missiles displayed Saturday, meanwhile, are a threat to countries in the Asian region. North Korea's display comes as tensions on the Korean Peninsula have spiked to alarming levels. A missile believed to be the Pukguksong-1, a submarine-launched ballistic missile. The US Navy dispatched the aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson strike group to the region last weekend, and US President Donald Trump has been tweeting this week that if China can't rein in North Korea's nuclear program the US...