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US Warship Shoots Down Test Ballistic Missile Off Hawaii

US Warship Shoots Down Test Ballistic Missile Off Hawaii

One day after the latest North Korean missile launch, which was followed by a warning in the state-owned KCNA that more Pacific launches would follow, the U.S. Missile Defense Agency (MDA) said a U.S. Navy destroyer in the Pacific shot down a medium-range ballistic missile during a test off Hawai on Wednesday.

Destroyer USS John Paul Jones intercepts the target with an SM-6 missile. (Missile Defense Agency photo)

UK Faces "A Miserable End" If It Joins "War Maniacs" US And South Korea

UK Faces "A Miserable End" If It Joins "War Maniacs" US And South Korea

Ahead of tonight's missile launch across Japan, North Korea warned that The UK “faces a miserable end” should it decide to join the joint military exercises being conducted by the US and South Korea that began last week, according to local media reports cited by Russia Today.

The annual Ulchi Freedom Guardian drills, which have been conducted every year since the Korean War ended in an uneasy ceasefire, involve nearly 20,000 troops and have long provoked the ire of North Korea’s leaders.

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