A day after North Korea fired an intercontinental ballistic missile in a ‘sudden launching drill,’ the U.S., South Korea and Japan held joint air exercises
The United States held joint air exercises bilaterally with South Korea and Japan involving strategic bombers on Sunday, a day after North Korea fired a Hwasong-15 intercontinental ballistic missile in a “sudden launching drill.”
Japan flew F-15s over the Sea of Japan with the U.S. Armed Forces’ B-1 bombers and F-16s in tactical exercises, Japan’s Defense Ministry said in a statement, calling the security environment “increasingly severe” after the latest North Korea missile landed within its Exclusive Economic Zone . North Korea’s state media KCNA said the country conducted a “sudden launching drill” on Saturday in an “actual proof” of its efforts to turn the “capacity of fatal nuclear counterattack on the hostile forces into an irresistible one”.
Saturday’s missile launch, the North’s first since Jan. 1, came after Pyongyang threatened on Friday an “unprecedentedly persistent, strong” response as South Korea and the United States geared up for their annual military exercises as part of efforts to fend off the growing nuclear and missile threat that the North poses.
South Korean Foreign Minister Park Jin said Saturday’s launch “clearly” signals the North’s intent to conduct further provocations.
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