The two Koreas exchanged this Wednesday missile launches that for the first time fell into their respective waters, an incident that further worsens the climate of regional tension that is currently lived.
The south korean army first reported that Kim Jong-un’s regime had fired three short-range ballistic missiles from the vicinity of wonsanoff North Korea’s eastern coast, toward the Sea of Japan (called the East Sea in the two Koreas) at around 8:51 local time.
One of the missiles landed on the high seas, 26 kilometers south of the North Limit Line (LLN), which divides the waters of both countries, and 57 kilometers east of the coastal city of Sokcho (160 kilometers northeast of Seoul), within the South Korean special economic zone (EEZ).
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“This is the first time since the division (of the peninsula) that a North Korean launch has landed in our national waters south of the NLL,” Lt. Gen. Kang Shinchul, chief of operations of Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS), which added that the action is “absolutely unacceptable” and that the South Korean military would respond “decisively”.
This North Korean missile also fell 167 kilometers northwest of the island of Ulleungwhere the anti-aircraft alert was activated, apparently because the missile initially appeared to be aimed there.
Under fire from the North Korean regime Seoul also responded by launching three missiles. into the open sea. Likewise
Later, North Korea made others 100 artillery rounds over a maritime border area, the South Korean military said.
“North Korea fired about 100 artillery shells from Kosong,” in the “buffer zone” north of the demarcation line that constitutes the maritime border between the two countries, the report said. South Korean Joint Chiefs of Staff.
The first level of alert, which involves the publication of sound warnings on municipal loudspeakers and on mobile phones and televisions, was maintained on the island for about five hours.
The Joint Chiefs of Staffwhich pointed out that the details regarding the initial trajectory of that projectile “are still being analyzed”, reported shortly after that North Korea fired more than 10 missiles of different types in total, a figure that could represent a record of tests carried out in a single day for the Kim Jong-un regime.
The South Korean and American foreign ministers, Park Jin and Antony Blinkenheld a telephone meeting to discuss the issue of the launches, which they described as “a serious and unprecedented military provocation” in addition to “deploring” that the missile tests came at a time of national mourning in the South for the halloween tragedy in seoul.
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Kim Jong-un’s regime has already warned that it would take “more powerful” retaliation for considering these exercises – which have involved the deployment of some 240 aircraft (including state-of-the-art stealth fighters) and are the largest of the allies in five years – a threat to their sovereignty.
Following the North Korean releases, the South Korean president, Yoon Suk-yeolcalled an emergency meeting of the National Security Council (NSC) and assured at the end of it that there would be a quick response and urged to “prepare for more provocations” from the North.
That reply came shortly after its announcement, since the South Korean army later fired three air-to-ground precision missiles from F-15 and F-16 fighters “into open sea waters”, which was also the first time that seoul sends this type of projectiles to waters belonging to its neighbor.
The tension on the peninsula has increased to dangerous levels in recent weeks due to the insistent northern launches, the great maneuvers of the allies that include Washington‘s strategic assets, and the possibility that North Korea, as indicated by the satellites, can soon conduct its first nuclear test in five years.
Although the figures vary according to the type of classification, the North Korean launch is number 36 so far this year (a record figure), according to the database of the American NGO Nuclear Threat Initiative.
(With information from EFE)
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