Washington, DC [US], January 4 (ANI): The US Indo-Pacific Command on Saturday (native time) mentioned it’s conscious of North Korea’s current missile launches and is carefully consulting with allies and companions, including that the launches don’t pose a right away menace.
In an announcement posted on X, the US Indo-Pacific Command mentioned, ‘We are conscious of the missile launches and are consulting carefully with our allies and companions. Based on present assessments, this occasion doesn’t pose a right away menace to US personnel or territory, or to our allies. The United States stays dedicated to the defence of the US homeland and our allies within the area.’
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The assertion got here after North Korea fired a number of ballistic missiles in the direction of the East Sea earlier on Sunday (native time), South Korea’s army mentioned, marking Pyongyang’s first weapons take a look at of the 12 months, Yonhap News reported.
According to South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS), the missiles had been launched from areas close to Pyongyang at round 7:50 am native time. The launches had been detected as regional safety remained on alert.
‘Our army maintains a agency readiness posture whereas carefully sharing North Korean ballistic missile info with the U.S. and Japan sides amid a heightened surveillance posture in opposition to further launches,’ the JCS mentioned in an announcement.
The missile launch got here at a delicate time, as South Korean President Lee Jae Myung was making ready to depart for Beijing for summit-level talks with Chinese President Xi Jinping.
The timing additionally coincided with heightened international tensions following US President Donald Trump’s announcement that Washington had captured Venezuelan chief Nicolas Maduro throughout a large-scale army operation.
North Korea’s final missile take a look at happened on November 7, when it fired a short-range ballistic missile in the direction of the East Sea. That launch was the sixth ballistic missile take a look at carried out by Pyongyang final 12 months. (ANI)