Seoul [South Korea], October 4 (ANI): The United States and South Korea collectively performed a bombing drill on a Yellow Sea island, the South Korean army mentioned on Tuesday, hours after North Korea launched an intermediate-range ballistic missile (IRBM).
North Korea launched an unidentified ballistic missile over Japan earlier at present. This is the primary such missile launch in years, prompting a warning for residents to take cowl in northern Japan.
South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) mentioned that the F-15K dropped the Joint Direct Attack Munition bombs at a goal on the island of Jikdo after joint air drills with US warplanes, Yonhap news company reported.
“Through the combined flight of the air strike package and precision strike drills, South Korea and the United States demonstrated their will to respond sternly to any Northern threats as well as their capabilities to conduct a precision strike at the origin of provocations based on the alliance’s overwhelming forces,” the JCS mentioned in a press launch.
In an earlier assertion, US Indo-Pacific Command mentioned they’re conscious of the DPRK’s ballistic missile launch at present, together with that it overflew Japan. “We are consulting closely with Japan and the Republic of Korea (ROK), as well as other regional allies and partners, to address the threats posed by the DPRK.”The United States condemned these actions and known as on the DPRK to chorus from additional illegal and destabilizing acts.
“While we have assessed that this event does not pose a threat to U.S. personnel, or territory, or to our allies, we will continue to monitor the situation. The U.S. commitments to the defence of Japan and the ROK remain ironclad,” the assertion mentioned.
Last week, North Korea fired missiles in an obvious protest in opposition to joint naval drills involving the United States and South Korea.
Under the Kim Jong-un regime, North Korea this yr has examined a document variety of missiles because it expands its weapons arsenal. (ANI)