The US and South Korea conducted precision bombing exercises after North Korea launched a ballistic missile over Japan on Tuesday.
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has ordered five ballistic missile tests in the past 10 days, some coinciding with Vice President Kamala Harris’ visit to South Korea last week. It was the first time in five years that the Korean government had launched a missile over Japan.
After the incident, both US and South Korean fighters participated in the bombing using JDAM precision bombs.
Secretary of State Tony Brinken also denounced North Korea’s actions as “reckless and dangerous” and said he had made several calls to South Korean and Japanese officials to coordinate their response.
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In a statement Tuesday, the State Department said the launch posed an “unacceptable threat to the Japanese people.”
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“Commander Blinken, [South Korean] Foreign Minister Park Jin [Japanese] Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi strongly condemned the launch and its blatant disregard for multiple UN Security Council resolutions and its impact on making the region highly destabilizing,” the statement continued.
Tuesday’s launch flew more than 2,800 miles, according to John Kirby, coordinator of the White House’s National Security Council. The US is still evaluating flight information to determine the type of missile the administration has launched, Kirby told Fox & Friends.
North Korea launched three ballistic missiles ahead of Harris’ visit to Seoul last week. This coincided with large-scale joint military exercises between the United States and South Korea.
One of the United States Navy’s most powerful assets, USS Ronald Reagan, took part in three days of exercises.
Harris reaffirmed U.S. commitments to South Korea during his visit to the South Korean demilitarized zone. The United States, South Korea, and Japan have long worked together to keep the Kim Jong Il regime in check and to counter China’s invasion of Taiwan.
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“The U.S. commitment to the defense of the Republic of Korea is impregnable, and we cannot say that we will do everything in our power to make sense of it in every way that the term implies,” Harris said. last week.