These North Korean shots took place while the United States and South Korea carried out, Wednesday in Pentagon, a exercise of simulation of a nuclear conflict.
MO12345LEMONDE with AFP
The lull will only have lasted a few days. After the shooting of two ballistic missiles of short range, on Monday, and an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM), forty-eight hours earlier, North Korea carried out four tests of cruise missiles in the sea, made Knowing, Friday, February 24, the official North Korean agency KCNA.
At the same time, delegations from the United States and South Korea announced that they have conducted, in Washington, an exercise in simulating a nuclear conflict with Pyongyang.
The four North Korean Missiles “Hwasal-2” were drawn on Thursday, from the surroundings of the city of Kimchaek, located in the province of Hamgyong du Nord, towards the East Sea, also known under the name of the sea of Japan. They followed a 2,000 km trajectory before reaching “with precision” their objective, according to the official agency, which did not specify what were the targets targeted.
“The Central Military Commission of the Korean Workers Party expressed its great satisfaction concerning the results of the launch exercise,” added the North Korean media. “The exercise has clearly demonstrated once again the war posture of the Nuclear Combat Force of the RPDC [Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, the official name of North Korea], strengthening its counterattack capacities in the face of Hostile Forces “, specifies the agency.
Visit of an American base of submarines
These missile tests responded to joint military exercises between South Korea, Japan and the United States at the Japanese Sea on Wednesday.
In addition, Washington and Seoul also expanded their collaboration on this same day during new simulations made in the American capital. “Given the recent aggressive nuclear policy of North Korea and the progress of its nuclear capacities, the (…) scenario [of simulation] has focused on the possibility that North Korea uses nuclear weapons,” -The explained in a joint press release.
The delegations of the United States and South Korea, made up of soldiers and officials of the Ministries of Defense and Foreign Affairs of the two countries, carried out these simulations in the Pentagon and “concentrated their discussions on the force dissuasion of their alliance (…) and on potential responses to the use of nuclear weapons “by North Korea.
Washington as Seoul reaffirmed that they were “ready to respond to nuclear threats” of Pyongyang. The delegations that participated in this table simulation exercise then visited a base of submarines in the American State of Georgia. 2> Pyongyang promises “countermeasures” 2>
The United States recently sought to reassure South Korea as to their widening deterrent to their allies, after North Korea said in September 2022 that its nuclear status was now “irreversible” .
In a statement published on Monday, Kim Yo-Jong, the sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, warned that Pyongyang would continue to monitor Washington and Seoul initiatives to deploy more American strategic means in the region , Promising “corresponding countermeasures” to each threat perceived.
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PYONGYANG also Led a series of ballistic tests and missiles in violation of United Nations resolutions, and has crossed the border with South Korea at five drones on December 26, 2022, a first in five years, pushing Seoul to dispatch planes there combat.