North Korea said the Haeil-2 underwater nuclear strike vehicle traveled 1,000 kilometers during this week’s test.
The Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) reported on April 8 that the North Korean National Defense Science Research Institute tested the Haeil-2 underwater nuclear attack unmanned vehicle on April 4-7. This strategic weapon can create “radioactive tsunamis” that destroy ships and shore targets.
“Haeil-2 travels a distance of 1,000 kilometers underwater,” KCNA said. “The test warhead exploded accurately underwater.
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Indian and US air forces will meet at Kalaikunda air base in India next week to resume the Cope India air exercise that will “further improve the operational capability and interoperability between the two air forces.”
The bilateral exercise will take place from April 10 to 21, highlighting training between fighters from both services.
Starting Wednesday, the Chinese military will undertake three days of drills outside Taiwan in an effort to improve battle readiness.
To improve combat readiness, the Eastern Theater Command of the People’s Liberation Army has stated that the exercise “Combined Lijian” will be held from April 8 to 10.
The exercise will take place “in the waters and airspace of the Taiwan Strait, off the north, south, and east of the island,” Eastern Theater Command spokeswoman Thi Nghi said, without specifying a location.
The Russian official in Crimea said air defenses shot down a missile launched from Ukraine into the peninsula.
“A missile launched from Ukraine was shot down while flying over Feodosiya,” Sergei Aksyonov, the head of the Crimean government appointed by Russia, announced on April 8.
Feodosiya, bordering the Black Sea, is located in the eastern part of Crimea, a peninsula Russia annexed and controlled in 2014.
Oleg Kryuchkov, the communications adviser to Aksyonov, said the air defense system in Feodosiya was activated.
With Finland’s recent addition to NATO, the United States and Germany are preparing for the largest deployment of US air forces to Europe since the creation of the US-led security alliance in exercise Air Defender 2023.
Next exercise Air Defender 2023
Lt. Gen. Michael Loh, the Air National Guard director, said the upcoming exercise would test the Air National Guard’s “rapid deployment and rapid force deployment capability,” simulating a scenario similar to what the United States would face if the conflict in Ukraine spilled over into NATO.
The Air Defense Identification Zone was breached by 45 Chinese aircraft, including fighters, bombers, and surveillance planes, according to the Taiwanese Defense Agency.
Taiwan’s defense office reported 71 Chinese military planes and 9 naval ships approaching the island as of the afternoon of April 8. At least 45 military planes, including J-10s, J-11s, J-16s, Y-20 transports, H-6K bombers, and KJ-500 reconnaissance planes, have crossed the strait’s median line or flown inside the island’s air defense identification zone (ADIZ).
Jon Stewart interviews Deputy Secretary of Defense Kathleen Hicks. (Screenshot via C-SPAN).
Deputy Secretary of Defense Kathleen Hicks got defensive over the Pentagon’s budget this week, after comedian Jon Stewart pressed her on spending priorities in the military. The conversation turned argumentative as the two debated what counts as abuse and corruption in the Department of Defense and how that hurts active-duty service members.
The former The Daily Show host spoke to Hicks at a symposium put on by the War Horse at the University of Chicago on Thursday, April 6.
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The two countries both need defenses that can counter Mach 5+ missiles.