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The news starts at 8 o'clock on the last day of the three-day holiday, which is a memorial day to commemorate the souls of the martyrs.

North Korea fired a missile toward the East Sea yesterday (the 5th), and our military responded today with a South Korea-U.S. coalition.

North Korea responded by firing eight missiles, the same number of missiles, toward the East Sea, and the United States and Japan also moved quickly.



Today's first news, reporter Kim A-young.



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Early in the morning, A-TaKims, a surface-to-ground missile launched from a launch vehicle, cut through the air one after another.



This is a joint response firing conducted by the ROK and U.S. military authorities in the east coast of Gangwon-do for 10 minutes from 4:45 a.m. today.



Seven shots from the US side and one shot from the US side all landed 8 shots in the East Sea.



When North Korea fired eight shots in succession, including the North Korean version of Iskander and A-TaKims, from four places including Sunan in Pyongyang and Gaecheon in South Pyeongnam yesterday, it responded as it was.



A-Takims, which was fired by the ROK and US military authorities in response, is a weapon system capable of devastating 3-4 soccer fields if a submunition is injected.



On the 25th of last month, when North Korea fired a mixture of an ICBM and two short-range ballistic missiles, the military of both South Korea and the United States responded with Hyunmoo-2 and A-Tae Kims.



[Kim Jun-rak/Director of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Public Affairs Office: (Today's shooting) showed that it has the ability and posture to immediately and precisely strike the origin of the provocation, command and support forces while maintaining a regular monitoring posture.]



The United States and Japan also moved quickly.



The US Forces Japan and the Japan Self-Defense Forces conducted joint missile defense exercises, and it is known that Aegis and Patriot surface-to-air missiles were mobilized.



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In the midst of this, four B-1B strategic bombers from the United States were found to have arrived at Anderson Air Force Base in Guam.



It is interpreted as sending a warning message to North Korea, which is preparing for the 7th nuclear test, along with a check on China.



(Video editing: Jeong Seong-hoon, screen provided: Joint Chiefs of Staff)