Category: Picture of the Day

Picture of the Day: Kim Jong-un Inspects New IRBM

| April 5, 2024
N. Korea's test-fire of new IRBM Hwasongpho-16B
N. Korea’s test-fire of new IRBM Hwasongpho-16B
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un (R, bottom) inspects the launch of a Hwasongpho-16B, a new type of intermediate-range solid-fueled ballistic missile equipped with a newly-developed hypersonic gliding warhead, on April 2, 2024, in this photo released by the North’s official Korean Central News Agency the following day. “The hypersonic glide warhead, separated from the missile after its launch towards the northeast at an army unit’s training field on the outskirts of Pyongyang, reached its first peak at the height of 101.1 kilometers and the second 72.3 kilometers while making 1 000-km-long flight as scheduled to accurately hit the waters of the East Sea,” the agency reported. (Yonhap)

Picture of the Day: North Korea’s New IRBM

| April 4, 2024
N. Korea's test-fire of new IRBM Hwasongpho-16B
N. Korea’s test-fire of new IRBM Hwasongpho-16B
A Hwasongpho-16B, a new type of intermediate-range solid-fueled ballistic missile equipped with a newly-developed hypersonic gliding warhead, is launched under the inspection of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un on April 2, 2024, in this photo released by the North’s official Korean Central News Agency the following day. “The hypersonic glide warhead, separated from the missile after its launch towards the northeast at an army unit’s training field on the outskirts of Pyongyang, reached its first peak at the height of 101.1 kilometers and the second 72.3 kilometers while making 1 000-km-long flight as scheduled to accurately hit the waters of the East Sea,” the agency reported. (Yonhap)

Picture of the Day: Six U.S. Senators Visit South Korea

| April 2, 2024


Defense chief meets U.S. congressional group

South Korean Defense Minister Shin Won-sik (4th from L, front row) poses for a photo with a U.S. delegation of six senators, including Kirsten Gillibrand (4th from R, front row), and a representative at the defense ministry in Seoul on March 29, 2024, in this photo provided by the ministry. (PHOTO NOT FOR SALE) (Yonhap)

Picture of the Day: South Korea Completes Deployment of Counterfire Radars

| April 1, 2024
Deployment of radar against N. Korean artillery
Deployment of radar against N. Korean artillery
This photo, provided by the Defense Acquisition Program Administration on March 29, 2024, shows an AN/TPQ-II system, whose deployment throughout the entire Army Corps and on northwestern islands bordering North Korea has been completed against the North’s long-range artillery targeting Seoul and its adjacent areas. AN/TPQ stands for Army/Navy Transportable Radar Surveillance. (Yonhap)