North Korea attempted to launch another ballistic missile last week, but the test failed. A presumed Musadan intermediate-range ballistic missile was launched near the northwestern city of Kusong on Oct. 14, but failed, US Strategic Command announced Saturday. Last week, Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs Daniel Russel told reporters the US government is working to tighten existing United Nations sanctions and implement a new one in light of recent ballistic missile and nuclear weapons tests. A number of the ballistic missile tests have failed. The Red Flag exercise underway in Alaska will include a drill in which US and Republic of Korea forces simulate an attack on North Korean nuclear facilities, the Korea Times reported.
Defense Secretary Lloyd J. Austin III chaired a China military briefing Oct. 27, part of a bi-weekly series of briefings with senior military commanders about China’s growing threat in the wake of an orbital hypersonics weapon test that elicited public worries from the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs. “What we…