US official North Korea missile launch "Japan, South Korea and South Korea are disturbing" November 8 0:39
A high-ranking US Department of Defense official said that North Korea ’s aim to launch a series of missiles may be disrupting the steps of short-range missiles in Japan, the United States, and South Korea and trying to drive a wedge between the three countries. Showed.
Deputy Assistant Secretary Schriever, who oversees policy in the Asia-Pacific region at the US Department of Defense, said in an interview with NHK on the 6th that North Korea ’s missile launches will continue in May. It may be. ”
On top of that, Japan, the United States, and South Korea are in line with President Trump's stance of not seeing any problem if he is a short-range missile, stating that there is a possibility of trying to drive a wedge between Japan, the United States, and South Korea. The view that he was trying to disturb
Furthermore, he said, “There is a possibility that we are trying to improve missile technology and modernize the military,” indicating that North Korea is repeating missile launches from these various speculations.
On the other hand, Deputy Assistant Secretary Shriver said that North Korea ’s training against the US and South Korea ’s joint military training scheduled for next month is being promoted. "There are always adjustments," he said.
Missile deployment to Asia “not at a stage where we can discuss”
In addition, Assistant Secretary Shriver said that the United States government is aiming to deploy ground-launched medium-range missiles in Asia following the expiration of the nuclear disarmament treaty INF, a medium-range nuclear missile abolition treaty. Is in the development stage. "
On top of that, he suggested that the selection of deployment locations should first be considered within the US military.
And as for the discussion with the Japanese government, “Japan is interested in the plan after the expiration of INF and we are telling us that we are developing a missile system,” while “ “It is not at a stage where we can discuss with allies,” he said.
“If allies are using Huawei, they are concerned about information sharing”
In addition, Deputy Assistant Secretary Shriver said that the next generation communication standard 5G of China's major communication equipment company Huawei will be “practice based on the interests of the party and the country, not purely commercial purposes,” said the Chinese Communist Party and China The analysis showed that it could be abused by the government.
He then pointed out that Huawei's equipment was vulnerable to Chinese espionage and said, “If it is introduced by an allied or partner country, there will be concerns about sharing information.” Showed the idea of reviewing the sharing of confidential information.
While the US government is pursuing exclusion on Huawei, some allies such as Europe are cautious about exclusion, so the Department of Defense has renewed its stance to force each country to eliminate it.
On the other hand, Deputy Assistant Secretary Shriver criticized China as having increased its economic influence on the Pacific island nations, criticizing it as “soochy and not a fair deal”, and with allies such as Japan and Australia. He expressed his idea to cooperate and strengthen cooperation with island countries.