Kim Jong-un’s North Korea fired two short-range ballistic missiles into the sea shortly after the United States deployed B-1B bombers for joint military exercises, South Korea’s military said Wednesday. There are heightened regional tensions that Washington is helping friends to confront.
According to JEE News reports, two missiles fell outside Tokyo’s exclusive economic zone (EEZ), with the country’s defense ministry citing only one.
North Korea confirmed the launch of two short-range ballistic missiles as part of a “tactical nuclear strike drill,” according to the Korean Central News Agency.
JEE News reported Thursday that Pyongyang fired the missile late Wednesday across the border into South Korea in a “tactical nuclear attack simulating scorching ground attacks on major command centers and operational airfields.” Drill holes in a strike drill.
“The missile unit fired two tactical ballistic missiles northeastward at Pyongyang International Airport and successfully completed its nuclear strike mission from the target island,” the media report quoted the military as saying. carried out by air blast at a height of 400 meters.”
The military of the nuclear-armed country said in a statement that the exercise was aimed at sending a clear message to the enemy.
South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff said: “Our military has strengthened surveillance and vigilance to prepare for additional provocations, and maintains full readiness through close cooperation between Korea and the United States.”
The missile test came just a day after South Korea and the US concluded 11-day military exercises that were criticized by North Korea.
Also, there were B-1B bomber exercises by Japanese and South Korean warplanes on Wednesday.
UN Security Council resolutions have banned North Korea’s ballistic missile tests and imposed tough sanctions on the country led by Kim Jong-un.
White House national security spokesman John Kirby told the media on Wednesday: “The United States is concerned that arms negotiations between Russia and North Korea are actively proceeding and that any arms deal would require sanctions.” would be a violation.”
Kirby added that Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu recently visited North Korea to try to convince Pyongyang to sell Russia artillery munitions.
U.S. and South Korean militaries want to more closely coordinate their systems to track North Korean missile launches, an effort that could soon include more cooperation with Japan, U.S. Space Force officials said Wednesday. May be.
US President Joe Biden agreed with South Korean President Yoon Seok-yul and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida at a summit on August 18 that the three countries would share real-time North Korean missile warning data by the end of this year.
