North Korea has continued its war against the fish in the East Sea:
North Korea fired two short-range ballistic missiles (SRBMs) toward the East Sea on Monday, hours before a U.S. nuclear-powered aircraft carrier staged joint drills in waters south of Jeju Island, according to South Korea’s military.
The Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) said it detected the launches from the Chunghwa County area in North Hwanghae Province between 7:47 a.m. and 8 a.m. The missiles flew some 370 kilometers before splashing into the sea, it added.
Pyongyang’s latest provocation came as South Korea and the United States kicked off the Ssangyong (double dragon) amphibious landing exercise last week. It is scheduled to end next Monday.
The USS Nimitz aircraft carrier strike group also trained together with the South’s major warships in waters south of the peninsula Monday, according to the Navy here.
And some interesting discussion about the possible / alleged “missile silo”. If it is one – it’s pretty rudimentary and was built super fast. It’s not impossible but seems unlikely. Although #DPRK rarely does things to the standards of other countries. https://t.co/3oZkWrxKQb
Sounds like more North Korean propaganda to try and strike fear in South Korea and impress their own domestic audience with something that probably doesn’t even work:
The test warhead of an “underwater nuclear attack drone” of North Korea detonates underwater after it was launched off the coast of Riwon County of South Hamgyong Province on March 21, 2023, in this photo released on March 24 by the North’s official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA).
North Korea has tested a new nuclear-capable underwater attack drone, state media reported on Friday, as leader Kim Jong Un warned joint military drills by South Korea and the U.S. should stop.
During the test, the new North Korean drone cruised underwater at a depth of 80 to 150 metres (260-500 feet) for over 59 hours and detonated a non-nuclear payload in waters off its east coast on Thursday, North Korean state news agency KCNA said.
Here is the latest missile test from North Korea during the ongoing Freedom Shield exercise that ends this week:
North Korea fired multiple cruise missiles toward the East Sea on Wednesday, the South Korean military said.
The Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) said it detected the launch from the Hamhung area on the North’s east coast from 10:15 a.m. It did not immediately provide other details.
Observers raised the possibility that the launch might have involved a long-range strategic cruise missile known as the North Korean version of the U.S.’ Tomahawk missile.
The launch came as South Korea and the United States are conducting the combined Freedom Shield (FS) command post exercise as well as the concurrent field training exercise, called the Warrior Shield. The 11-day FS is set to end Thursday.
N. Koreans sign up to join military This photo, released by North Korea’s official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) on March 18, 2023, shows an event in which people signed up to join the military to fight against the United States and South Korea. The agency reported about 800,000 students and workers expressed intent to enlist or reenlist in the military across the country on March 17 alone. (For Use Only in the Republic of Korea. No Redistribution) (Yonhap)
The fact that North Korea has been launching missiles to protest the Freedom Shield exercise is about the most unsurprising news of the past week:
North Korea fired a short-range ballistic missile on Sunday in yet another provocation amid South Korea’s combined military exercise with the United States.
The Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) said that it detected the missile launched from Dongchang-ri, North Korea’s key long-range rocket shooting site in its northwestern coast, at 11:05 a.m. It flew about 800 kilometers across land before falling into the waters off its east coast.
It was North Korea’s fourth weapons test apparently targeting the Freedom Shield exercise that began last Monday. On Thursday, only several hours before President Yoon Suk Yeol’s summit with Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida in Tokyo, the North fired a Hwasong-17 intercontinental ballistic missile into the East Sea between the two countries ― after launching two short-range ballistic missiles on March 14 and two cruise missiles from a submarine on March 12.
N. Korea’s missile launch A ground-to-ground ballistic missile is launched toward the East Sea from the western North Korean county of Jangyon, South Hwanghae Province, in a drill on March 14, 2023, in this photo captured from the North’s Central TV the following day. The drill was made amid South Korea and the United States’ 11-day computer-simulated Freedom Shield joint exercise against North Korean provocations. (Yonhap)
Nothing new here, but probably good to occasionally repeat this so the Kim regime continues to understand that using new nukes will immediately end their rule over North Korea:
Any use of nuclear weapons by North Korea will be the end of the reclusive regime in Pyongyang, a U.S. Department of Defense spokesperson said Tuesday, amid concerns of a nuclear test by the reclusive country.
Brig. Gen. Pat Ryder also reiterated that the U.S. remains committed to deterring aggression.
“I think we have been very clear that were North Korea to employ a nuclear weapon, it would be the end of the North Korean regime,” the department press secretary told a daily press briefing.
