South Korea and the United States fired eight surface-to-surface missiles in proportion to North Korea's eight short-range ballistic missile provocations.
The Joint Chiefs of Staff announced yesterday that in response to North Korea's provocation of a short-range ballistic missile, it fired a total of eight combined surface-to-surface missiles, Atacms, into the East Sea for about 10 minutes from 4:45 a.m. today (6th).
It is known that seven missiles were fired from the South Korean side and one from the US side.
The Joint Chiefs of Staff said, "The joint South Korea-U.S. surface-to-surface missile firing demonstrated that North Korea has the ability and readiness to strike with precision immediately and precisely against the origin of the provocation and the command and support forces, while maintaining a constant monitoring posture even if North Korea provokes missiles at multiple locations. “, he explained.
"Our military strongly condemns North Korea's successive ballistic missile provocations and strongly urges the immediate cessation of actions that escalate military tensions and aggravate security instability on the Korean Peninsula," the Joint Chiefs of Staff said in a statement.
(Photo = provided by the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Yonhap News)