Published on 4 Jul 2017
한미, 北도발 대응 탄도미사일 훈련…300㎞ 현무-2A 발사 Amid escalating tensions... South Korea and the U.S. wasted no time to respond.
In a show of force against North Korea for Tuesday's -- now confirmed -- ICBM test, the two allies have conducted an offensive ballistic missile drill aimed at showing their ability to strike directly at the North's leadership.
Defense ministry correspondent, Kim Hyun-bin reports.
South Korea and the U.S. staged a massive combined ballistic missile exercise Wednesday morning.
It was aimed at sending a strong warning to Pyongyang that the allies are ready and willing to destroy key facilities in the North with the push of a button.
The large scale drill comes less than 24 hours after North Korea test-fired its ICBM.
South Korea fired a ballistic missile known as Hyunmoo-2, and the U.S. fired a tactical surface-to-surface missile,... into South Korea's territorial waters in the East Sea.
In a statement released by the presidential office of Cheong Wa Dae on Wednesday,... the drills were conducted on the order of President Moon Jae-in,... who stressed the need to demonstrate the allies' position with action... not just words.
U.S. President Donald Trump welcomed the move,... saying he highly praised President Moon's reaction to the North's provocation.
North Korea's state run Korean Central News Agency reported early Wednesday that Pyongyang had mastered the atmospheric re-entry technology for its ICBM.
Experts say the re-entry technology is the most important and difficult process when developing an ICBM.
The regime also claimed the ICBM is capable of carrying a large nuclear warhead,... but that has not been confirmed by any independent experts.
In response,... the South Korean military warned the North that the allies are ready to retaliate in the case of a North Korean missile attack... and that the North's leadership will be wiped off the face of the earth if they threaten the security of the allies.
Kim Hyun-bin, Arirang News.
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