North Korea is continuing its ballistic tests and has again launched a short-range missile into the Sea of ??Japan. This new test means the ninth launch in the last 20 days, some maneuvers that are putting South Korea on notice, where the president’s party has already stated that if Kim Jong-Un does not stop his activity they will break the agreement to cease activities military signed in 2018 with Pyongyang.
The North Korean country has already violated this treaty by using live ammunition in tests where some 170 artillery rounds were fired towards maritime areas near the inter-Korean border, a location and type of projectiles that they agreed not to use so as not to create a dangerous situation. imminent.
The launch of the missile and the various shots on the border were joined by at least ten aircraft that were carrying out maneuvers near the border for two hours, forcing Seoul to send fighter planes in the face of the possible threat.
The South Korean country, according to what an army representative told the Yonhap news agency, responded to the threats through a military communication line in which he warned his “neighbors” not to carry out this type of maneuver again, which violated the agreed if they did not want to break the non-aggression.
The criticism also came from the Japanese country, where the foreign minister, Yoshimasa Hayashi, declared that “the fact that they launch missiles so frequently is a provocation and indicates that they are turning their backs on the international community, for which we condemn these acts and we are considering a response.
From Pyongyang they described their action as “a military countermeasure” in response to “provocative actions” by South Korea, who would also have violated the 2018 pact between the two countries. North Korea is using these maneuvers as a warning to the United States Navy aircraft carrier that is near the Korean peninsula and that has already carried out some training actions in this area.
The highest military command of the South also spoke today about the criticism expressed in local media about the efficiency of the so-called three-axis system -which brings together preventive attacks, interception of projectiles and retaliatory actions- that Seoul has in the face of possible North Korean offensives and which it will continue to use to counter North Korea’s military investment.
The US and South Korean intelligence services are certain that the country led by Kim Jong-Un would be ready to carry out a new atomic test since the last one carried out in 2017. A danger that has forced them to ask the United States for help to to carry out a greater military deployment in the territory.
Seoul’s annual military exercises will kick off in Hoguk on Monday with the participation of US troops and will last until Oct. 28. The exercises, which will simulate attacks by North Korean missiles and nuclear weapons, are very likely to trigger a new response from Pyongyang.
Seoul today adopted its first unilateral sanctions against Pyongyang in five years. The measures affect 15 individuals and 16 North Korean entities linked to the country’s weapons development program and the trade in materials with potential use in the manufacture of weapons.
