NEWSNATIONNOW (Finya Swai and The Hill) - North Korea fires ballistic missiles after condemning military drill as threat
The missiles were launched from the Wonsan area on North Korea’s eastern coast, according to South Korea’s military.
YOUTUBE (The Hill) - North Korea launches 10 short range missiles
Kim Yo Jong, a top adviser and sister of North Korea’s Kim Jong Un, denied knowledge of discussions between the country’s leader and President Trump in a message shared by state media on Wednesday. #trump #kimjongun #northkorea
STRIPES (Yoojin Lee, Keishi Koja) - North Korean missile reaches 56-mile altitude before falling west of Hokkaido | Stars and Stripes
North Korea launched a ballistic missile early Wednesday that flew about 430 miles off its eastern coast before falling outside Japan’s exclusive economic zone
ABCNEWS - North Korea launches a suspected ballistic missile, Japan’s says
Japan’s Defense Ministry says North Korea has launched a possible ballistic missile toward the sea
STRIPES (Keishi Koja and Alex Wilson, Keishi Koja, Alex Wilson) - Japanese destroyer fires Tomahawk missile in ‘historic test launch’ | Stars and Stripes
The guided-missile destroyer JS Chokai successfully fired the Tomahawk cruise missile in the Pacific Ocean with support from the U.S. Navy.
NPR (The Associated Press) - China test-launches a ballistic missile in the South Pacific and raises regional concerns
The launch, using a dummy warhead, took place the same day Australia and Fiji signed a mutual defense treaty meant to counter Chinese influence in the Pacific.
NYTIMES (Victoria Kim and Chris Buckley) - China Test Fires Missile in the Pacific for the First Time Since 2024
China’s firing of a submarine-launched missile came as Australia secured more defense deals with Pacific Island nations. Countries expressed concern about the test.
NEWSCATS (MeighTimbol) - North Korea’s Kim Jong Un Oversees Naval Destroyer Tests and Missile Launches Amid Accelerating Military Expansion
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un reacts on the day of an assessment of the newly built naval destroyer Kang Kon’s combat systems, including the test firing of a strategic cruise missile, at an unknown [...]
STRIPES (John Vandiver) - Iran launch signals warning to Europe, but threat remains low, analysts say | Stars and Stripes
Odds of Iran successfully targeting hubs like Ramstein Air Base with missiles remain low, analysts say.
NPR (Esther Honig) - 'We were scared': Man recalls the night he nearly launched a nuclear missile
In 1974, Lt. Colonel Randall Lanning manned the launch controls that could deploy nuclear weapons in the event of a Soviet attack. He looks back at one night that's still etched in his memory.