The exercises simulated striking military command facilities, main ports, and airports in the South, according to state news agency KCNA
North Korean President Kim Jong-un. File picture: KCNA VIA REUTERS
The tests simulated striking military command facilities, main ports, and airports in the South, KCNA added. “The statement they've released is crystal clear that this recent spate of tests was their way of signalling resolve to the US and South Korea as they carried out military activities of their own,” said Ankit Panda of the US-based Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.The US and South Korea held joint maritime exercises involving a US aircraft carrier on Friday, a day after the South scrambled fighter jets in reaction to an apparent North Korean aerial bombing drill.
“This series of ballistic missile [launches] and these various provocative acts are in clear violation of the UN Security Council resolutions and are absolutely unacceptable,” Kishia told reporters when asked to comment on Monday's statement.
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