US, S. Korea fire missiles to sea, matching North's launches

[Omaha Steve]

Source: AP

By KIM TONG-HYUNG

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — The U.S. and South Korean militaries launched eight ballistic missiles into the sea Monday in a show of force matching a North Korean missile display a day earlier that extended a provocative streak in weapons demonstrations.

South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff said the allies’ live-fire exercise involved eight Army Tactical Missile System missiles fired into South Korea’s eastern waters across 10 minutes. It said the drill was aimed at demonstrating an ability to respond swiftly and accurately to North Korean attacks.

The South’s military on Sunday detected North Korea firing eight short-range missiles over 35 minutes from at least four different locations, including from western and eastern coastal areas and two inland areas north of and near the capital, Pyongyang, in what appeared to be a single-day record for the country’s ballistic launches.

It was North Korea’s 18th round of missile tests in 2022 alone — a streak that included the country’s first launches of intercontinental ballistic missiles in nearly five years. South Korean and U.S. officials also say North Korea is preparing to conduct its first nuclear test since September 2017 as leader Kim Jong Un pushes a brinkmanship aimed at cementing the North’s status as a nuclear power and negotiating economic and security concessions from a position of strength.



In this photo provided by South Korea Presidential Office, South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol, center, attends at the National Security Council (NSC) meeting at the presidential office in Seoul, South Korea, Sunday, June 5, 2022. North Korea test-fired a barrage of short-range ballistic missiles from multiple locations toward the sea on Sunday, South Korea's military said, extending a provocative streak in weapons demonstrations this year that U.S. and South Korean officials say may culminate with a nuclear test explosion. (South Korea Presidential Office via AP)


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[C Moon]

1. Sounding more and more like a world war is brewing.

[Alexander Of Assyria]

2. Sounding more and more like the usual sabre rattling of boys with big toys...America

ofc is the bully boy of the world…always has been with a trillion dollar toy budget per year.

Dutifully reported by war loving AP.

[Magoo48]

3. The world has real issues while two adults shake their dicks at each other across arbitrary line.

Brilliant!