Missiles

"The Houthis got very close to creaming that airport," Jeffrey Lewis of the Middlebury Institute of International Studies says. (Sebastian Apel/U.S. Department of Defense, via AP)

Researchers suggest US missile defense system didn’t shoot down missile fired at Riyadh airport

Melissa Quinn · December 4, 2017 5:32 pm

North Korea's investment in its missile systems could mean it could eclipse the United States' missile defense capabilities. (Senior Airman Ian Dudley/U.S. Air Force via AP)

Beltway Confidential

North Korean nukes might get past US missile defenses

Nikita Vladimirov · December 4, 2017 5:19 pm

"South Korea should be an unaccompanied tour. It's crazy to send thousands of children to South Korea. I want them to stop sending dependents," Lindsey Graham said. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

National Security

Lindsey Graham calls on the Pentagon to pull families of service members out of South Korea due to war worries

Kyle Feldscher · December 3, 2017 4:37 pm

The state is the first to test the siren warning system, which has not been used since the end of the Cold War, and is an attempt to prepare those on the island for a nuclear attack, amid rising tensions with Pyongyang. (Frank Schulenburg / Wikimedia Commons)

WATCH: Hawaii tests Cold War-era nuclear warning siren

Diana Stancy Correll · December 2, 2017 12:14 am

Thursday's missile launch is just one more reminder that the U.S. must redouble its efforts to counter Iranian influence and restrict that nation's ballistic missile program. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

Beltway Confidential

Iran just fired another ballistic missile at Saudi Arabia

Tom Rogan · November 30, 2017 8:27 pm

Trump "spoke today with President Moon Jae-in of the Republic of Korea for the second time since North Korea launched an intercontinental ballistic missile on November 28," the White House said in a statement on Thursday. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Trump, South Korean vow to end North Korea’s nuclear program ‘at any cost’

Sarah Bedford · November 30, 2017 5:49 pm

Russia's Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said, "It appears that the latest US actions deliberately aim to provoke Pyongyang into taking new drastic steps." (Hoang Dinh Nam/Pool Photo via AP)

National Security

Russia accuses US of trying ‘to provoke’ North Korea

Joel Gehrke · November 30, 2017 3:36 pm

President Trump the Chinese envoy "seems to have had no impact" on the North Korean leader Kim Jong Un. "Hard to believe his people, and the military, put up with living in such horrible conditions. Russia and China condemned the launch," he tweeted. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Trump: China’s envoy had ‘no impact’ on North Korea missile program

Anna Giaritelli · November 30, 2017 12:45 pm

President Trump was speaking about tax reform Wednesday at an event in St. Charles, Mo., when he took a brief moment to mock North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)

National Security

Trump: ‘Little rocket man’ Kim Jong Un is a ‘sick puppy’

Steven Nelson · November 29, 2017 10:05 pm

White House press secretary Sarah Sanders said President Trump is still "committed to working with China" despite North Korea's latest missile test. ""China knows what a serious threat this is." (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Sarah Sanders: Trump still intent on working with China despite North Korea missile test

Anna Giaritelli · November 29, 2017 4:48 pm

President Trump tweeted shortly after his phone call with Chinese President Xi Jinping to announce his administration would impose a fresh round of sanctions on North Korea in light of the ballistic missile test on Monday.

Trump, Chinese President Xi Jinping discuss North Korean missile launch

Sarah Bedford · November 29, 2017 3:16 pm

"It went higher, frankly, than any previous shot they've taken," said Defense Secretary Jim Mattis. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

National Security

Experts: Latest missile test from North Korea the most threatening yet

Jamie McIntyre · November 28, 2017 9:51 pm