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The US nuclear aircraft carrier Ronald Reagan returned to the East Sea after returning from joint training in the East Sea last week.
In order to respond to repeated North Korean provocations, the South Korea-U.S.-Japan joint exercise is to be held again from today (6th), but in response to this, North Korea fired another short-range ballistic missile early this morning.
By Lee Dae-wook.
[ Reporter] The
Joint Chiefs of Staff said, "From 6:01 to 6:23 a.m. today, North Korea detected two short-range ballistic missiles fired from the Samseok area in Pyongyang into the East Sea."
The flying distances were detected to be 350 km and 800 km, respectively.
North Korea launched a short-range ballistic missile two days after North Korea fired a presumed Hwasong-12 medium-range ballistic missile over Japan from the Mupyeong-ri area of Jagang Province on the 4th.
North Korea has clearly expressed its dissatisfaction with the US nuclear-powered aircraft carrier Reagan, which entered the East Sea even before launch, and the South Korea-U.S.-Japan joint exercise scheduled for today.
North Korea's foreign ministry said through the Korean Central News Agency early this morning, "We are monitoring the fact that the United States is creating a serious threat to the stability of the situation on the Korean Peninsula and surrounding areas by reintroducing an aircraft carrier strike group into the waters of the Korean peninsula."
The Ronald Reagan, which left our waters after completing a joint South Korea-US exercise last week, returned to the East Sea yesterday after North Korea fired a medium-range ballistic missile the day before.
Today, the ROK-U.S.-Japan joint exercise will be held for two weeks in a row with the ROK Navy and the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force ships.
The training is conducted in such a way that the South Korean, U.S., and Japanese ships master the procedures for detecting, tracking, and intercepting a North Korean missile launch.