United States and South Korean armed forces Missile launched in response to North Korea’s earlier medium-range ballistic missile (IRBM) test, the General Staff of the South Korean Army announced on Wednesday.

Washington and Seoul fire missiles at naval targets

As reported, missiles were fired at marine targets. One of the missiles, the South Korean Hyunmoo-2, failed shortly after firing and fell. The missile was equipped with a warhead, but there was no explosion.

Previously, US and South Korean forces conducted exercises in the Yellow Sea with warplanes and warships. In addition, an American carrier will be directed to waters near the North Korean coast.

The moves were reportedly in response to North Korea’s launch on Tuesday of an intermediate-range ballistic missile (IRBM) that flew over Japan for the first time since 2017. According to Western experts, it could be the Hwasong-12 missile.

President condemns Korean actions “in the strongest possible way”

US President Joe Biden and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida condemned Pyongyang’s move “in the sharpest way.” The European Union and UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres reacted the same way.

At the request of the US, despite objections from Russia and China, a UN Security Council meeting will be held on Wednesday to discuss the current situation on the Korean peninsula.

Japan Announces Rearmament

The US aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan will return to the Sea of ​​Japan to demonstrate its readiness to respond to North Korean provocations, the South Korean army said. after Tuesday’s missile test by Pyongyang. Japanese authorities announced strengthening.

North Korea launched an intermediate-range ballistic missile on Tuesday that flew over Japan for the first time in five years. In some areas of the country, resident warning systems have been launched via sirens, radio stations and telephone messages.

In response to this attempt, the South Korean army. announced that the US aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan, which last week participated in maneuvers in the Sea of ​​Japan, would return to the basin to demonstrate “the readiness of allies to face North Korean provocations,” Yonhap reported.

Arrangement between Washington and Tokyo

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and US President Joe Biden condemned Pyongyang’s missile test in a telephone conversation and agreed to enhance joint deterrence and response capabilities, Kyodo reported.

In a separate conversation, Japanese Defense Minister Yasukazu Hamada told Pentagon chief Lloyd Austin that Tokyo would significantly increase its defense capabilities. At the same time, he did not rule out developing the ability to carry out a counterattack, that is, to hit places on enemy territory from which rockets were launched.

Japan did not develop such capabilities according to its pacifist constitution, which was imposed on it after its defeat in World War II

Kyodo shows.

Kim regime tests nuclear weapons once again

South Korean intelligence last week estimated that North Korea might be gearing up for its seventh nuclear weapons test, which could take place between the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) congress in October and the US parliamentary elections scheduled for November.

– South Korean lawmakers are aware of the intelligence findings reported last week.

please / PAP