U.S. deploys defence after N Korea missiles

Listen to the cryptic intercepted messages below. China has historically been North Korea’s most important ally, an economic and political lifeline to the outer world the Hermit Kingdom shuns. The messages were addressed to the “21st exploration team” requesting they review their math problems as follows.

Hwang was referring to the killing of the North Korean leader’s estranged half brother in Malaysia’s Kuala Lumpur airport in February. Without the cipher books, the messages were meaningless.

The missiles were fired the moment Kim Jong Un “issued his order, at which moment ballistic rockets burst simultaneously into a thunderous explosion as they flew toward the brightening eastern sky, proudly leaving behind vapor trails that symbolized the destruction of the enemy”.

Dictator Kim Jong Un.

North Korea said the military exercises were driving the Korean Peninsula and north east Asia toward “nuclear disaster”.

The missile test were undertaken by an army unit commissioned with attacking USA military bases in Japan, the North’s official KCNA news agency said.

Adding to the soaring regional tensions, the United States and South Korean governments on Tuesday began to deploy a controversial USA missile shield on South Korean soil that has outraged China.

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe called the test “absolutely intolerable”.

The missiles landed in water some 300 miles from Japanese shores, sparking an immediate rebuke from the Japanese government even as the White House remained silent.

On Monday, North Korea fired the missiles from the Dongchang-ri long-range missile site in North Pyongan Province at 7:34 a.m.

The US has military forces in South Korea – a long-time adversary of the North – and is planning to deploy an advanced missile system there in response to perceived threats from Pyongyang. Advocates of the U.S. programme claimed success, believing that they had delayed for years North Korea’s ability to mount a nuclear weapon on an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) and threaten a USA city. However, for those near the volatile nation may be at risk.

“China desires stability and a friendly regime in Pyongyang to act as a buffer from a South Korea allied with the United States”.

This photo of a surface-to-surface medium-long range missile was released by North Korea last month.

Also reacting, the United States said North Korea’s provocations “only serve to increase the global community’s resolve.Our commitment to the defense of our allies, including the Republic of Korea and Japan…remains ironclad”, said State Department acting spokesman Mark Toner. CNN reports that Trump cited North Korea as America’s “greatest immediate threat”.

“I think these tests are a signal to show “we can launch multiple missiles in retaliation” to deter any actions that could possibly be taken against an ICBM test”, said Pinkston.

“China should solve that problem”. The launches put China in a hard position once again.