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Mar 17 7 tweets 4 min read
Japan MoD reports suspected North Korea ballistic missile launch

mod.go.jp/j/press/news/2… North Korea launched three ballistic missiles

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Source: Japan MoD
mod.go.jp/j/press/news/2…
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Feb 14 6 tweets 3 min read
North Korea conducts 5th round of cruise missile tests since start of 2024.

en.yna.co.kr/view/AEN202402… North Korea claim test of "Baasuri-6" AShM

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Mar 19, 2023 8 tweets 5 min read
North Korea conducts a further suspected ballistic missile launch

🕚11:05 / 02:05 GMT
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Source: mod.go.jp/j/press/news/2… Depressed and "irregular trajectory" at this range could indicate KN-23 series, though previous max demonstrated range had been ~690km.

I would also not rule out a resumption of testing relating to claimed hypersonic manoeuvrable vehicles

Feb 8, 2023 4 tweets 3 min read
A truly epic capture by @Maxar potentially showing the moment #NorthKorea 🇰🇵 revealed a suspected new solid fuel ICBM system at the parade!!! Following the apparent Hwasong-17 ICBM pairs are four unidentified but apparently similarly sized canisterised systems
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Nov 2, 2022 4 tweets 3 min read
North Korea has reportedly fired at least 2⃣3⃣ missiles within the last 12 hours.

reuters.com/world/asia-pac… So far we only have official initial estimates of just three North Korea launches courtesy @ModJapan_jp

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Nov 2, 2022 13 tweets 7 min read
North Korea 🇰🇵 launched a possible ballistic missile states Japan 🇯🇵 @ModJapan_jp

mod.go.jp/j/press/news/2… Image South Korea JCS state North Korea 🇰🇵 missile fired in direction of South Korea island of Ulleungdo

For North Korea to test missiles in S or SE direction into East Sea and towards South Korean territory is highly unusually and particularly provocative.

yna.co.kr/view/AKR202211…
Oct 10, 2022 5 tweets 4 min read
North Korea 🇰🇵 finally broke its missile silence!

There is a lot to pack in this new show and tell... 🧵 So North Korea's curious lone 25 Sept SRBM test was actually the KN-23 derived SLBM fired from an inland reservoir! 👀
Mar 24, 2022 15 tweets 9 min read
#NorthKorea 🇰🇵 suspected to have successfully conducted its first full lofted trajectory test of Hwasong-17 ICBM (Thread🔽)
en.yna.co.kr/view/AEN202203… #Japan MoD estimates #NorthKorea missile flew for 71 minutes, covering a distance of about 1,100km with a max altitude exceeding 6000km
mod.go.jp/j/press/news/2…
Mar 22, 2022 4 tweets 4 min read
Looks like #Russia @mod_russia migrated from @YouTube to domestic @rutube from video sharing ImageImage This follows recent external viewing restrictions to @mod_russia run @zvezdanews own @YouTube channel Image
Mar 18, 2022 4 tweets 4 min read
"tactical landing operation"🤔

#Russia 🇷🇺 @mod_russia publishes Ka-52 combat footage around Hostomel airport #Ukraine 🇺🇦 which appear to end with a forced landing. A less edited version...
Mar 15, 2022 7 tweets 5 min read
15 March satellite imagery @planet of Kherson Airport appears to show a number of #Russia 🇷🇺helicopters destroyed or damaged following reported #Ukraine 🇺🇦 strike (46.67358° N, 32.50764° E)
Mar 3, 2022 6 tweets 4 min read
Remains of #Russia 🇷🇺 3M14 Kalibr land-attack cruise missile, reportedly in Kyiv #Ukraine 🇺🇦 The 3M14 designation is specifically associated with the naval (surface and sub-surface) launched Kalibr LACM

Mar 1, 2022 6 tweets 6 min read
Interesting @planet imagery showing multiple impacts on Ozerne air base #Ukraine 🇺🇦

Notable at least two strikes that apparently failed to target the runaway. I have identified at least two further impacts points at Ozerne air base #Ukraine 🇺🇦 ImageImageImage
Sep 30, 2021 6 tweets 3 min read
#NorthKorea claims test launch of new Surface-to-Air Missile (SAM) system Would appear to be this SAM system that debuted at the October 2020 parade
Sep 12, 2021 11 tweets 7 min read
#NorthKorea claims successful test launches of newly developed long-range cruise missile on 11 & 12 September Image A reminder #NorthKorea publicly confirmed cruise missile development at the January 2021 8th Congress of the Workers' Party of Korea (WPK) Image
Sep 8, 2021 11 tweets 8 min read
I hate to rain on anyone's #NorthKorea 9th Sept military parade expectations but...

(a short thread)

bloomberg.com/news/articles/… #NorthKorea military parades are typically reserved for significant (+5/10 year) anniversaries of significant events in its relatively short history.

So a 9 Sept 2021 parade for 'only' the the 73rd anniversary of the "Foundation of the Republic" doesn't quite fit

However...
Aug 11, 2021 31 tweets 25 min read
Video reportingly shows #Taliban captured Kunduz airport with #Afghanistan Air Force Mi-35 Hind attack helicopter Location at Kunduz confirmed (36.66575, 68.91244)

14 July @planet satellite image (below) shows Mi-35 with rotor blades attached.

10 August @Maxar image confirms Mi-35 still in place yesterday but rotor blades removed - possibly to further disable it from future use. ImageImage
May 13, 2021 4 tweets 4 min read
#Hamas Al-Qassam Brigades publishes footage of apparent new 'suicide drones' launched against #Israel While the canard design of #Hamas 'Shihab' (left) draws comparison with #Iran Ababil-2 (top right) and #Houthi Qasef-1/2 (bottom right), it is clearly a more compact unique design
Oct 11, 2020 6 tweets 3 min read
This is a truly fascinating documentary about infiltrating the #NorthKorea arms trade network ...

bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episod… For those unable to access here is the background bbc.co.uk/news/world-asi… and a few select 'Scud' pricing data points (posted under 'fair use' research)
Oct 10, 2020 8 tweets 5 min read
And so it begins... Image Looks like the suspected ATGM launch vehicle we saw at the 2018 parade - and not since - is back ImageImage
May 21, 2020 26 tweets 20 min read
So, this is happening ... To be clear #Libya has never operated Mig-29 Fulcrums and their Su-24 Fencer fleet has been non-operational since the 2011 civil war Image