ICBM launch prompts US to hold joint air exercises with South Korea and Japan
Japan’s defence ministry said the two missiles, launched around 10pm Irish time, reached a maximum altitude of about 100km and 50km, and fell outside Japan’s exclusive economic zone.
South Korea’s joint chiefs of staff strongly condemned the launches as a “grave provocation” that should be ceased immediately. The US Indo-Pacific Command said the latest launch did not pose an immediate threat but highlighted the “destabilising impact” of North Korea’s unlawful weapons programmes. North Korean leader Kim’s sister, Kim Yo Jong, warned against increased presence of US strategic military assets following the joint air drills with its Asian allies over the weekend.
Pyongyang’s foreign ministry said last week it would respond to the planned exercises with “unprecedentedly persistent, strong counteractions”. Hong Min, a senior fellow at the South's Korea Institute for National Unification, said Kim's mention of the Pacific suggested the North would fire more longer range missiles more often.
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