The maneuver demonstrated Seoul’s “capability and readiness” to “accurately and immediately strike” launch points and other targets.
A total of eight ground-to-ground missiles were launched on Monday by the US and South Korea, the Yonhap agency reported, citing the South Korean Joint Chiefs of Staff.
The shells flew east, toward the Sea of Japan. Six of them were launched by South Korean troops and two by US troops.
According to the South Korean military, the maneuver demonstrated Seoul’s “capability and readiness” to “precisely and immediately strike” launch points and other North Korean targets in the event of an attack.
The South Korean Joint Chiefs of Staff noted that it “strongly condemns North Korea’s successive ballistic missile provocations and strongly urges the immediate cessation of actions that increase military tensions and aggravate security instability on the peninsula.”
A day earlier, the same number of ballistic missiles were fired by Pyongyang. This is the eighteenth release so far this year. Previously,
Pyongyang fired ballistic missiles on May 25. So, he launched three projectiles in less than an hour. In response, South Korean and US missile forces fired at least one shot each.
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