5/28/2023 0 Comments Dmz north korea pc downloadThat came just days after the US and South Korean navies conducted large-scale exercises. Seoul, Tokyo and Washington have been ramping up joint military drills to counter Pyongyang’s growing threats, staging the first trilateral anti-submarine drills in five years Friday. “As these are missiles that can carry nuclear warheads, the launch also has a political goal of once again declaring North Korea a de facto nuclear power and showing its complete denuclearisation is impossible,” Park added. The missiles “put South Korea, Japan, and Guam within range” and show that Pyongyang could hit US bases with nukes if war broke out on the Korean peninsula, he said. The Tuesday test is Pyongyang’s fifth missile launch in 10 days and sends a clear message to the United States, Park Won-gon, professor of North Korean Studies at Ewha University in Seoul, told AFP. Japan activated its missile warning system and urged people in two northern regions of the country to take shelter early Tuesday. Pyongyang used Hwasong-12s the last two times it fired missiles over Japan - in August and September 2017 - tweeted Chad O’Carroll of specialist site NK News. Japanese Defence Minister Yasukazu Hamada said the missile could have been a Hwasong-12.
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