The U.S. and South Korea said they staged a large anti-ballistic missile exercise Tuesday in response to North Korea’s test launch of an intercontinental ballistic missile the night before Independence Day.
The U.S.-South Korean drill was on the country’s east coast aimed at “countering North Korea’s destabilizing and unlawful actions,” the U.S. Army said.
The North Korea launch of the Hwasong-14 ICBM Monday was a landmark advance of its missile program, which seeks to develop a weapon that can deliver a nuclear warhead inside the continental United States.
“The [South Korea]-U.S. alliance remains committed to peace and prosperity on the Korean Peninsula and throughout the Asia-Pacific. The U.S. commitment to the defense of [South Korea] in the face of threats is ironclad,” the Pentagon said Tuesday evening.
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