Kamala Harris goes to the Far East and North Korea fires a nice missile
Early Sunday morning North Korea launched a ballistic missile into the waters off the east coast of the Korean peninsula, according to the governments of South Korea and Japan, which the South military called a "clear violation" of the Council resolution. UN security policy, calling for launch tests to "cease immediately".
CNN cites this new missile launch as the 19th of this year, with the last taking place on August 17, following Kim Jong Un's promises not to be discouraged in expanding his country's "tactical capabilities". In recent times it has also raised the possibility of a future nuclear test.
"The missile had a flight distance of about 600 kilometers, an altitude of 60 kilometers (37 miles) and a speed of about Mach 5, according to the JCS," reports CNN, referring to the South Korean General Staff. "The intelligence agencies of South Korea and the United States are analyzing further details."
Japanese Defense Minister Yasukazu Hamada gave a particularly harsh response: "If you include cruise missile launches, this is the nineteenth launch, an unprecedented pace," he said, adding: "Korea's action. of the North represents a threat to the peace and security of our country, the region and the international community and to do this while the invasion of Ukraine is taking place is unforgivable ”.
The launch appears to have been timed as a deliberate warning against a number of developments. "It's North Korea's way of showing that it is challenging the [US] alliance," Rand Corporation analyst Soo Kim told AFP. Warning against whom?
First, in recent days, the US nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan arrived in South Korea in preparation for joint exercises. These are the first joint exercises with South Korean forces involving a US aircraft carrier since 2017. Upon arrival in the port of Busan on Friday, the South Korean Navy said the exercises will demonstrate "the firm determination of the US-Korea alliance for the good of peace and stability on the Korean peninsula ".
WATCH: USS Ronald Reagan, a US aircraft carrier will visit #SouthKorea on Friday for joint drills for the first time in about four years, officials of both countries said on Monday, as the allies seek to deploy US nuclear-capable "strategic assets" to deter North Korea. pic.twitter.com/vTGybiKJY0
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Additionally, Vice President Kamala Harris is within days of landing in Seoul for an official visit. As the AP teased last week, “The North Korean threat should be a major theme of US Vice President Kamala Harris' visit to South Korea next week, after attending the Tokyo state funeral of the former Prime Minister. Japanese Minister Shinzo Abe ”.
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