Sentences with phrase «conduct missile tests»

In a statement quoted by the agency, Mr Kim said it was no longer necessary to conduct missile tests because «nuclear weaponisation» had been achieved.

Not exact matches

The sanctions are the latest against third - country companies and individuals in an effort to exert greater economic pressure on Kim Jong Un's regime, which has conducted regular missile and nuclear tests in defiance of United Nations resolutions and has developed weapons that may be capable of hitting the continental U.S.

Tillerson's remarks came two weeks after North Korea conducted a test with a missile that could potentially carry a nuclear warhead to the U.S. Eastern Seaboard.

Tensions in the region have been high since January when North Korea conducted its fourth nuclear test and then followed that with a satellite launch and test launches of various missiles.

Under third - generation North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, the reclusive state has conducted its most powerful nuclear test, launched its first - ever intercontinental ballistic missile and threatened to send missiles into the waters near Guam.

Under Kim Jong Un, North Korea has conducted its most powerful nuclear test and launched its first - ever intercontinental ballistic missile.

The isolated nation conducted its sixth and most powerful nuclear test on Sept. 3, and launched more than a dozen missiles in the past year.

Under third - generation North Korean leader Kim, the reclusive state has conducted its most powerful nuclear test, launched its first - ever intercontinental ballistic missile and threatened to send missiles into the waters near the U.S. territory of Guam.

In recent weeks, North Korea has launched two missiles over Japan and conducted its sixth nuclear test, as it fast advances toward its goal of developing a nuclear - tipped missile capable of hitting the U.S. mainland.

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said his country would soon conduct a nuclear warhead test and test launch ballistic missiles capable of carrying nuclear warheads, the official KCNA news agency reported on Tuesday.

North Korea ups the ante North Korea conducted several missile tests this week in response to annual US - South Korea military exercises.

Between 2014 and June 2015, China conducted four major tests of its hypersonic missiles (with a fifth test in August).

ROCKET BLOCKER The United States» ground - based missile defense system, shown here in a test conducted at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, aims to protect the U.S. from ballistic missiles.

Pyongyang also conducted a successful test launch from a submarine in August 2016, sending one of its KN - 11 (also known as Pukguksong - 2) missiles about 300 miles (500 km) toward Japan.

The Missile Defense Agency and Lockheed Martin conducted a successful flight test of the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) Weapon System at the Pacific Missile Range Facility on Kauai, HI.

South Korean Prime Minister convened an emergency meeting and Seoul released details of conducting flight tests of two types of new missiles.