South Korea and the United States say they fired eight missiles on Monday off the east coast of South Korea, in response to a short-range missile launch launched by North Korea on Sunday.The move is a demonstration of “ability and willingness to carry out striking strikes” against a source of North Korean missiles or commanding and support centers, South Korean news agency Yonhap quoted South Korean soldiers as saying. South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol, who took office last month, vowed to take a strong stance against the North and agreed with US President Joe Biden at a May conference in Seoul to improve joint military training and their combined prevention status.
North Korea has developed a large number of missiles this year and Yoon said its missile and nuclear programs have reached a point where it threatens regional and international peace. The South “will continue to build basic and effective security forces and prevent nuclear threats and North American missiles,” Yoon said at a South Korean Memorial Day event.
Alliance remains committed to peace and prosperity
South Korean and United States troops fired eight shots from the ground about 10 minutes from 4:45 a.m. (1945 GMT Sunday) in response to eight North American missiles on Sunday, Yonhap reported. A South Korean security official has confirmed that eight Army Tactical Missile Systems (ATACMS) have been fired.The U.S. Indo-Pacific Command said the operation involved a single U.S. missile. Army and seven South Korean troops.”The ROK-U.S. Alliance remains committed to peace and prosperity in the Korean Peninsula and the rest of the Indo-Pacific,” it said in a statement, using the original terminology of South Korea’s official name. North Korea’s short-range missile, thrown into the sea along its east coast on Sunday, was probably its biggest test and came a day after South Korea and the United States completed joint military training.
South Korea-U.S. The two-state exercise involved an American airline pilot for the first time in more than four years.Japan and the United States re-engaged in a joint military operation on Sunday in response to a recent North Korean missile test. North Korea, which has just weeks away from fighting its first known outbreak of COVID-19, has criticized previous joint exercises as an example of Washington’s continued “hostile policies” against Pyongyang, despite its talks.Yonhap, citing an undisclosed source, said the North volley Sunday was launched in four locations, including Sunan in the capital, Pyongyang.
Seoul have also recently warned North Korea
Leif-Eric Easley, professor of international studies at Ewha University in Seoul, said the current defense of South Korea’s missiles was not enough against the growing North Korean threat. This requires not only additional investment in computer hardware but also a more sophisticated approach to Japan as well as Beijing’s communications efforts to reduce the power of the arms race and Pyongyang. “
North Korea has continued its recent policy of not reporting on the shooting in the country’s media, which some analysts say is intended to show that the tests are part of regular military training.Officials in Washington and Seoul have also recently warned North Korea that it appears to be ready to launch a nuclear weapons test for the first time since 2017. Last month, North Korea fired three missiles, including what is thought to be its largest ICBM, the Hwasong-17, after Biden fired shots. A trip to Asia where he agreed on new measures to prevent a nuclear-armed state.Allied South Korean and U.S. forces fired arrows in response to the tests, both sides claiming to violate UN Security Council resolutions.Last month, the United States requested that the U.S. North Korea conducted its first nuclear test.
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