North Korea's two short-range missiles in show of force, more can come - South Korea

[rooster59]

North Korea's two short-range missiles in show of force, more can come - South Korea

By Ju-min Park

 

FILE PHOTO: North Korean leader Kim Jong Un attends a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin (not pictured) at Far East Federal University on Russky Island in Vladivostok, Russia, April 25, 2019. Sergei Ilnitsky/Pool via REUTERS

 

SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea fired what appeared to be two short-range missiles on Saturday, South Korea said, in a "show of force" against U.S.-S.Korea joint military exercises.

 

More missile launches are highly probable, as the North Korean military is conducting its own summer drills, South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff said in a statement.

 

The launch came a few hours after U.S. President Donald Trump said he had received a "very beautiful letter" from North Korean leader Kim Jong Un.

 

North Korea has fired a series of missiles and rockets since Kim and Trump agreed at a June 30 meeting to revive stalled denuclearisation talks.

 

A U.S. official said that at least one projectile was launched and that it appeared to be similar to previous short-range missiles fired by Pyongyang.

 

Two missiles flew about 400 km (250 miles) at a height of about 48 km, according to the South Korean military.

 

Trump played down the recent North Korean weapons launches when he spoke to reporters earlier on Friday, saying: "I say it again: There have been no nuclear tests. The missile tests have all been short-range. No ballistic missile tests. No long-range missiles."

 

NOT HAPPY

 

Kim has said the weapons tests were a response to U.S.-South Korean military drills being held this month.

 

Trump said Kim had written in his letter that he was "not happy" about the war games and missile tests. He added he could have another meeting with Kim.

 

The United States and South Korea have kicked off largely computer-simulated exercises as an alternative to previous large-scale annual drills that were halted to expedite denuclearisation talks.

 

North Korea decries such exercises as a rehearsal for war aimed at toppling its leadership.

 

The projectiles were fired at dawn on Saturday from an area around the northeastern city of Hamhung, South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff said in a statement.

 

Large solid-fuel rocket engines for North Korea's ballistic missile programme are most likely being produced at a factory complex in Hamhung, monitoring group 38 North said last year. Hamhung also has a testing site for those engines.

 

The missile launches on Saturday were apparently testing capabilities of a new short-range missile Pyongyang is developing, South Korea's presidential office said.

 

"Because of concerns that North Korea's series of launches can raise military tensions on the Korean Peninsula, ministers called for North Korea to stop it," the Blue House said, citing a meeting of South Korea's top security officials.

 

Kim Dong-yup, a former naval officer who teaches at Seoul's Kyungnam University, said the weapons tested on Saturday could be related to the completion of North Korea's new rocket artillery system that required multiple launches of the same kind.

 

-- © Copyright Reuters 2019-08-10

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[Puchaiyank]

Please, will someone notice the little N Korean stuffed sausage is firing off bottle rockets...????

[klauskunkel]

4 hours ago, rooster59 said:

The launch came a few hours after U.S. President Donald Trump said he had received a "very beautiful letter" from North Korean leader Kim Jong Un.

Beautiful Letter:

Dear Donny,

I am going to shoot some missiles into the sea, because its waves offended me by reflecting my image in a distorted way. I'm sure you can relate to that. I look forward to you next visit, don't forget to bring some cheese.

Your Chubby Cherub

xoxo

[ChrisY1]

Let 'em keep firing them.....there'll be none left soon!

[jany123]

6 hours ago, rooster59 said:

Because of concerns that North Korea's series of launches can raise military tensions on the Korean Peninsula, ministers called for North Korea to stop it," the Blue House said, citing a meeting of South Korea's top security officials.

What?

 

meanwhile NK officials think....

 

Because of concerns that South Korea's series of military games can raise military tensions on the Korean Peninsula, advisors called for South Korea to stop it," the NK’s said, citing a meeting of North Korea's top security officials.

[Redline]

Tired of winning yet Donny?  Good thing there are no military drills anymore  He simply loves dictators 

[tandor]

..just clearing out old stock.

[usviphotography]

3 hours ago, Redline said:

Tired of winning yet Donny?  Good thing there are no military drills anymore  He simply loves dictators 

That you don't even know there were actually military drills (which Trump to his credit spoke out against) and that these joint drills were in fact the reason North Korea fired the missiles shows just how powerful Western Propaganda really is. 

 

Trump not only condemned the recent US-South Korean drills, he revealed that he received another beautiful three page letter from Kim and that things are looking very bright for another meeting in the near future. 

 

https://www.politico.com/story/2019/08/09/trump-beautiful-letter-kim-jong-un-1455634

[Redline]

18 hours ago, usviphotography said:

That you don't even know there were actually military drills (which Trump to his credit spoke out against) and that these joint drills were in fact the reason North Korea fired the missiles shows just how powerful Western Propaganda really is. 

 

Trump not only condemned the recent US-South Korean drills, he revealed that he received another beautiful three page letter from Kim and that things are looking very bright for another meeting in the near future. 

 

https://www.politico.com/story/2019/08/09/trump-beautiful-letter-kim-jong-un-1455634

I just saw that-and trump denounced the drills himself, and gave credit to Kim-a real patriot-a president that fights for dictators, and now t the constitution he swore to uphold 

[baboon]

On 8/10/2019 at 5:41 PM, jany123 said:

What?

 

meanwhile NK officials think....

 

Because of concerns that South Korea's series of military games can raise military tensions on the Korean Peninsula, advisors called for South Korea to stop it," the NK’s said, citing a meeting of North Korea's top security officials.

Indeed: 'We snoop on our people to protect their freedom.  They snoop on theirs because they are tyrants'. And still we buy into our side because, well, it's ours.