Catch up on some of SCMP’s biggest China and economy stories of the day. If you would like to see more of our reporting, please consider subscribing. 1. US conducts first ballistic missile intercept in Guam amid contest with China Washington has conducted the first-ever test of a ballistic missile interception from Guam, which US…
STORY: On Nov. 21 Russia struck Ukraine’s Dnipro with a new kind of missile. Known as Oreshnik, or hazel tree in Russia, it caused limited damage, according to senior officials. But the first combat use of such a design – which Russian President Vladimir Putin called unstoppable – has drawn scrutiny from Western military experts….
A top missile technology expert from the U.S. has claimed that there is now defence system in the world that can intercept Russia’s new intermediate-range Oreshnik. Speaking to TASS News Agency, Theodore Postol dismissed claims that existing defence systems like Aegis Ashore, THAAD, Patriot and the Iron Dome could counter Russia’s new cutting-edge ballistic missile….
By Tom Balmforth (Reuters) – Ukrainian investigators are studying the debris of a new Russian intermediate-range ballistic missile that was fired at the city of Dnipro on Thursday, the first time such a powerful weapon has been used in the war. Reuters was among a small group of reporters given access to the wreckage of…
Political strategist Steve Bannon has suggested that President Joe Biden’s decision to permit Ukraine to use American-made missiles for strikes inside Russia was made to prevent President-elect Donald Trump from pursuing a peaceful resolution to the conflict. On Sunday, the administration overturned prior constraints on Kyiv’s use of Western weaponry, allowing Ukraine to use U.S.-supplied…
By Anastasiia Malenko and Tom Balmforth KYIV (Reuters) – Russia launched an intercontinental ballistic missile during an attack on Ukraine on Thursday, Kyiv’s air force said, in the first known use in the war of such a powerful, nuclear-capable weapon with a range of thousands of kilometres. The air force reported the launch after Ukraine…
Houthi rebels claim to have hit an Israeli military base with a ballistic missile in the wake of US strikes against its strongholds. The Iran-backed militia announced a “hypersonic ballistic missile”, known as the Palestine 2, was used in the strike on the Nahal Sorek military base in central Israel, between Jerusalem and Tel Aviv….
The United States on Monday called out Russia and China at the United Nations Security Council for “shamelessly protecting” and emboldening North Korea to further violate UN sanctions as Pyongyang pledged to accelerate building up its “nuclear force”. “Russia and China have shamelessly protected Pyongyang from any reprisal, or even condemnation of its actions,” said…
The Israel Air Force struck a dozen targets in Iran that were used to produce solid fuel for long-range ballistic missiles as part of its retaliatory military action against the Islamic Republic, severely harming Tehran’s ability to replenish its inventory, Israeli media reported on Saturday night. The targets struck were sophisticated equipment that Iran…