The eternal tension that marks the relationship between the two Koreas had a new episode of “nuclear flirting” this weekend. It is that the strategic B-1 bombers and stealth fighters of the United States carried out together with forces of South Korea exercises and USA performed important exercises in response to the llaunching another long-range missile of the Kim Jong-un regime, who wanted to show the world “North Korea’s ability to carry out a deadly nuclear counterattack.”
Specifically, as specified by the state agency KCNAthis Saturday followingnoon the North Korean leader ordered a “launching exercise” surprise in which a shot was fired Hwasong-15 missile from Pyongyang airport.
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This weapon had already been tested for the first time in 2017 and it is the second with the greatest potential range of its entire arsenal. On this occasion, the authorities highlighted “the warfare capability of ICBM units that are ready for a mobile and powerful counterattack”.
On the other hand, as explained by the South Korean Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS), an unspecified amount of B-1 strategic bombers to replicate the actions of Kim Jong-un and send a warning to the regime of that country. In addition, to the maneuvers were added South Korean F-35 and F-15 fighters y American F-16.
In this sense, the Government of South Korea confirmed that it detected the launch of the ICBM missile last Saturday at 5:22 p.m. local time and from Japan specified that the same flew for 66 minutes and had the ability to reach any point in US territory.
In turn, the Japanese government also condemned the launch and assured that the missile landed in its Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) following traveling regarding 900 kilometers. For their part, the G7 and the European Union joined the repudiation of what happened.
This event occurred at a time when South Korea and the United States are preparing to hold a weapons exercise next week in Washington, drawing the ire of North Korea, which has threatened an “unprecedented” response to what it sees as “war preparations”.
What North Korea said regarding the launch
“Surprise mock ICBM launch is a real test of the DPRK’s nuclear strength by making its nuclear counter-attack capability irresistible once morest hostile forces”said the state news agency KCNA.
In this sense, the initials refer to the official name of the country, the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea.
In turn, the sister of the North Korean dictator, Kim Yo-youngmade other statements in which he attacked the United States, a country he accused of turning the UN Security Council into a “tool for his egregious hostile policy”.
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“I warn that We will monitor all the movements of the enemy and take the corresponding measuresvery powerful and overwhelming, in the face of all their hostile moves towards us,” added the woman, who is also the regime’s spokesperson.
In this regard, Kim’s sister pointed out that South Korea’s actions “they worsen the situation every moment, destroying regional stability”.
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