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South Korea and the United States fired a barrage of rockets in response to the launch of a North Korean ballistic missile that flew over Japan .
North Korea, which possesses nuclear weapons, fired a missile capable of nuclear at a greater distance than in previous occasions, when flying over Japan for the first time in five years and causing a warning to take cover.
It was the fifth missile test ordered by ruler Kim Jong -un, in the last few days.
South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol called the launch a “provocation” and promised a “severe response”. ”.
That came about when South Korea and the United States each fired a pair of ATACMS short-range ballistic missiles made in the USA to the Amar Sea illo against North Korea.
But they were forced to apologize after that the failed launch of one of the rockets sparked panic in the coastal city of Gangneung.
One Hyunmoo-2 missile failed shortly after deployment and crashed, but fortunately did not explode. There were no casualties.
Residents reported seeing a bright flash and hearing a explosion before the South Korean military found out several hours later.
Another four surface-to-surface missiles were launched over the East Sea in a show of force by South Korea and the United States.
The fighter planes of the two countries also practiced precision bombing on a target at sea.
US President Joe Biden and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida , condemned the North Korean test in the “strongest terms”.
The European Union called it a “reckless and deliberately provocative action ”, while UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres said it was a violation of Security Council resolutions .
The last time Pyongyang fired a missile at Japan was in 2017, at the height of a period of “fire and fury” .
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un exchanged insults with then-US President Donald Trump before that the pair were finally reunited in a failed attempt to bring peace to the Korean peninsula.
During the last test, the fifth launch of Pyongyang within a week, Japan ordered its citizens to evacuate buildings or seek shelter underground.
The South Korean Joint Chiefs of Staff said the test appeared to have been of an intermediate-range ballistic missile (IRBM) launched from the province of North Korea’s Jagang.
North Korea has conducted several recent tests from there, including multiple missiles which, according to jo, they were “hypersonic”.
The missile could have been the Hwasong-12, which North Korea filed in 2017 as part of a plan to attack military bases Americans in Guam, said Kim Dong-yup, a former South Korean naval officer.
United States and Japanese warplanes also held joint exercises over the Sea of Japan, as the three nations flex their military muscles .
A US aircraft carrier made a port call in South Korea for the first time since 2017 on 23 September.
The period has also seen joint drills by the US, South Korea and Japan, and a visit to the fortified border between the Koreas by US Vice President Kamala Harris.
Despite decades of US-led sanctions, North Korea’s increasingly sophisticated missile and nuclear bomb programs have not slowed down.
Kim Jong-un has shown no interest in returning to the path of diplomacy that he followed with Trump.
His powerful sister rejected the offer of South Korea for an economic boost in exchange for the North giving up nuclear weapons.
Kim Yo-jong said the country “will never deal” with a “bold” initiative.
Such a plan was ignorant and “the height of madness far from realization”, he said.
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