![]() ![]() ![]() Other missiles launched recently are short-range weapons that target South Korea. Pacific territory of Guam, observers say. The intermediate-range North Korean missile tested Tuesday was likely a Hwasong-12 missile which is capable of reaching the U.S. Its two ballistic missile launches on Thursday were the North’s sixth round of weapons firings in less than two weeks. from a stronger position as a recognized nuclear state. mainland and regional allies with nuclear arms, then engage in negotiations with the U.S. North Korea’s record pace of weapons testing this year is intended to expand its arsenal so that it can credibly threaten the U.S. sanctions such as banned ship-to-ship transfers on the sea, according to South Korea’s Foreign Ministry. The envoys also decided to solidify an international cooperation to check North Korea’s attempts to evade U.N. Later Friday, the top nuclear envoys of South Korea, the United States and Japan had trilateral phone talks and agreed to increase their efforts to block the North’s alleged cryptocurrency thefts and other means to finance its nuclear and missile programs. The drills are aimed at bolstering the allies’ defense capabilities and will involve training to escort the Reagan southeast of South Korea’s southern island of Jeju, South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff said in a statement. and South Korean destroyers and other ships, were taking place in international waters off the peninsula’s east coast. The latest two-day drills, which also involve U.S. North Korea views U.S.-South Korean military exercises as a practice to invade the country. ![]() The Reagan and its battle group returned to the waters near the Korean Peninsula after North Korea earlier this week launched a nuclear-capable missile over Japan in response to the carrier group’s earlier training with South Korean navy ships. ![]() SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - The nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan launched a new round of naval drills with South Korean warships on Friday, a day after North Korea fired more ballistic missiles and flew warplanes in an escalation of tensions with its rivals. ![]()
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