Here is the US and ROK’s response to the recent ICBM test conducted by North Korea:
South Korea’s Hyunmoo-2A ballistic missile, left, and the U.S. Army’s MGM-140 Tactical Missile are fired into the East Sea from an undisclosed location on South Korea’s east coast during a joint missile drill, Wednesday, aimed to counter North Korea’s intercontinental ballistic missile test conducted Tuesday. / Yonhap
South Korea and the United States fired ballistic missiles in a joint drill aimed at striking the North Korean leadership, Wednesday.
The live-fire exercise was an armed reaction to the North’s purported successful test of an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) conducted Tuesday.
President Moon Jae-in issued the missile firing order after getting consent from U.S. President Donald Trump, Cheong Wa Dae said.
This marked the first time for the allies to conduct a ballistic missile drill in response to the North’s missile threats, Defense Minister Han Min-koo said in a National Assembly session.
Issuing the order, Moon said the allies needed to demonstrate their joint defense posture “with action not just words,” according to chief press secretary, Yoon Young-chan.
The Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) said Seoul and Washington fired their Hyunmoo-2A and the Army Tactical Missile System (ATACMS) ballistic missiles, respectively, into the East Sea at 7 a.m.
Both the Hyunmoo-2A and ATACMS are surface-to-surface missiles with a range of 300 kilometers.
Trump backed Moon’s order, saying he respects Moon’s willingness to deter the North’s provocation with action, Yoon said. [Korea Times]
You can read more at the link as well as view video footage of the fire power demonstration below:
This tat for tat should stop immediately. W#ho is the adult in this situation. Obama administration turn a blind eye to the north, whether it was being smart or just incompetent however it work for them. Now we’ve got a senile old man that wander off around Only god knows when the trigger get pull
This tat for tat should stop immediately. W#ho is the adult in this situation. Obama administration turn a blind eye to the north, whether it was being smart or just incompetent however it work for them. Now we’ve got a senile old man that wander off around Only god knows when the trigger get pull