South Korea says North Korea test-fired missile toward sea
Source: AP
By KIM TONG-HYUNG
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) North Korea fired a short-range ballistic missile Sunday toward its eastern seas, extending a provocative streak in weapons testing as a U.S. aircraft carrier visits South Korea for joint military exercises in response to the Norths growing nuclear threat.
South Koreas Joint Chiefs of Staff said the missile launched from the western inland town of Taechon flew 600 kilometers (370 miles) cross-country on a maximum altitude of 60 kilometers (37 miles) before landing in waters off North Koreas eastern coast.
South Koreas presidential office said National Security Director Kim Sung-han called an emergency National Security Council meeting where members denounced the launch as a clear violation of U.N. Security Council resolutions and accused the North of raising tensions in the region.
The U.S. Indo-Pacific Command said the launch did not pose an immediate threat to U.S. personnel or territory, or to our allies, but still highlighted the destabilizing impact of North Koreas illicit nuclear weapons and missile programs.
People watch a news program showing a file image of a missile launch by North Korea at the Seoul Railway Station in Seoul, South Korea, Sunday, Sept. 25, 2022. North Korea fired a short-range ballistic missile Sunday toward its eastern seas, extending a provocative streak in weapons testing as a U.S. aircraft carrier visits South Korea for joint military exercises in response to the North's growing nuclear threat. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)
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Bengus81
(6,931 posts)He had to bust a move just to get some press. Yawn...........
Alexander Of Assyria
(7,839 posts)nation.
As usual the western media has it all backwards.
soryang
(3,299 posts)...is the second to last step in the final dismantling of the Singapore understanding.
Also, North Korea is responding to earlier threats of "preemptive strikes" by its president Yoon Seok-yeol. The national command center and the chain of command in South Korea is disrupted and disorganized by Yoon's impetuous decision to refuse to move into the Blue House, and instead moving into the former MND building.
This has caused a cascading effect, where the individual service chiefs have had to move their offices and official residences. The entire national security system in Seoul has to be reorganized. Communications among the service chiefs is now degraded according to critics.
The last thing to happen in the downward spiral will be for the North to test a nuclear device. Then we'll be back to "fire and fury" days.
Alexander Of Assyria
(7,839 posts)very narrow, military tinted American lens everyone in the nation is mostly forced to peer through,