North Korea launched multiple cruise missiles into the Yellow Sea todayTwo days after Seoul and Washington completed extensive joint exercises, as reported by the South Korean Army. According to the South Korean Joint Military Command (JCS), which did not provide further details about the latest weapons tests in Pyongyang, the launch took place this Saturday around 4:00 am local time (19.00 GMT on Friday). “We will maintain our monitoring and vigilance while maintaining our fully prepared stance in cooperation with the United States,” the JCS said in a statement. said.
South Korea and the United States completed joint Ulchi Freedom Shield (UFS) exercises last Thursday, which North Korea sees as a rehearsal for its invasion of their territory and amid threats from the Kim Jong-un regime. could lead to “thermonuclear war”. In response to them, North Korea announced on Thursday that it will hold a military command center exercise, overseen by the leader, which includes a simulated takeover of South Korean territory.
The day before, Pyongyang launched two short-range ballistic missiles (SRBMs) into the Sea of Japan, hours after Washington activated its B-1 strategic bomber to take part in the UFS.
Behind The failure of the denuclearization dialogue between Washington and Pyongyang In 2019, the peninsula was once again the scene of persistent military tension as the Kim Jong-un regime repeatedly tested missiles and Allies conducted major war exercises and regularly deployed strategic Pentagon assets. Similarly, Pyongyang announced last March that it was firing strategic cruise missiles equipped with a warhead simulating a nuclear strike. According to the regime, ‘Hwasal-1’ and ‘Hwasal-2’ type missiles struck targets in the Sea of Japan (known as the East Sea in two Koreas).