Projectiles into the Sea of ​​Japan: Trump responds to missile message from North Korea

After North Korea fired short-range missiles into the Sea of ​​Japan this morning, US President Donald Trump responded promptly. He announced that he would work on an agreement with North Korea on nuclear disarmament. "There will be a deal," Trump wrote on Twitter on Twitter.

"Everything is possible in this interesting world," wrote Trump. The North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has recognized the great economic potential of North Korea and he will do nothing to disturb or even end this. "He also knows that I'm with him and he does not want to break his promise to me," Trump continued.

Anything in this very interesting world is possible, but I believe that Kim Jong Un fully realizes the great economic potential of North Korea, & wants to do nothing to interfere or end it. So he knows that I am with him & does not want to break his promise to me. Deal wants to happen!

According to the South Korean military, North Korea had fired several "unidentified short-range projectiles" off its eastern coast into the sea on Saturday. At first there had been talk of a missile launch, but the information was later relativized. Experts now assume that it was more of a multiple rocket launcher (Stalin organ) and not ballistic missiles.

The South Korean government called on North Korea to end all steps that could lead to a military escalation on the peninsula. The statements from the South were among the sharpest since both states had embarked on a reconciliation course at the beginning of last year. After the hopeful summit between Trump and Kim Jong Un in Singapore in June last year, when North Korea was basically committed to disarming its nuclear arsenal, there were setbacks: The second summit in Vietnam in February of this year failed. The tensions have worsened since then.

According to analysts, North Korea is trying to put pressure on the US by demonstrating military activity. "It is a message that the country could return to its previous confrontation course if the deadlock is not resolved," said Yang Uk of the Korea Defense and Security Forum.

According to findings of the South Korean military, North Korea fired the projectiles from the coastal town of Wonsan to the northeast between 09:06 and 09:27 local time. They would have traveled a distance of 70 to 200 kilometers. Together with US authorities, details of the incident would now be analyzed. The north last fired an intercontinental ballistic missile in November 2017.