“We cannot overlook North Korea’s recent development in missile technology and its impact on the security of Japan and in the region,” he said. He ordered his government to start revising the country’s national security strategy to adapt to growing North Korean threats, including the possible development of the ability to pre-emptively strike North Korean military targets. Kishida interrupted a campaign trip ahead of Japanese legislative elections later this month and returned to Tokyo because of the launch. Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said officials were examining whether they were submarine-launched. Japan’s military said its initial analysis suggested that North Korea fired two ballistic missiles. The South Korean military said the launch was made at sea, but it didn’t say whether it was fired from a vessel underwater or another launch platform above the sea’s surface.
militaries were closely analyzing the launch. South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff said in a statement it detected that North Korea fired one short-range missile it believed was a submarine-launched ballistic missile from waters near the eastern port of Sinpo, and that the South Korean and U.S. It underscored how North Korea has continued to expand its military capabilities during the pause in diplomacy. reaffirmed an offer to resume talks on North Korea’s nuclear weapons program. The launch of the missile into the sea came hours after the U.S. SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - North Korea on Tuesday fired at least one ballistic missile, which South Korea’s military said was likely designed to be launched from a submarine, in what is possibly the most significant demonstration of the North’s military might since U.S.
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