ALERT The Winds of War Blow in Korea and The Far East

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BREAKING: Japan has set up "emergency meeting team" following North Korean missile launch - NHK
 
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Chad O'Carroll
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Missile test update:

Independent source: missile launch heard over Pyongyang's Sunan Airport at 0740AM

Japanese coast guard: missile launch post at 0751AM

Japanese coast guard: missile landing post update at 0810AM

This could be a missile flight-time of up to 30 minutes.

For comparison, North Korea's furthest IRBM test was in early October: 22 minutes flight time. Its IRBM flew over Japan for around 2,800 miles (4,500 km) at an apogee of 600 miles (970 km).

In conclusion, v likely this was a North Korean ICBM test...at long-range.

Why is this important?

So far, its ICBMs mostly tested on 'lofted' high-trajectory trajectories.

But these always splashed down a few hundred KM away from the peninsula, for 'safety' of other countries
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News from Japan's coast guard coming fast: Just announced a third missile has been launched by North Korea. The second flew for just a few minutes. The first for about 30 minutes, or so we thought, then an announcement it might not have actually flown over Japan. Stay tuned.
 
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(5th LD) N. Korea's ICBM launch seems to have ended in failure: source | Yonhap News Agency​


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By Kim Soo-yeon and Chae Yun-hwan
SEOUL, Nov. 3 (Yonhap) -- North Korea fired an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) and two short-range ones toward the East Sea on Thursday, South Korea's military said.

The ICBM was launched from the Sunan area in Pyongyang at around 7:40 a.m. and flew about 760 kilometers at an apogee of around 1,920 km at a top speed of Mach 15, according to the Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS). Following the second stage separation, however, the missile seems to have failed in normal flight, a defense source said later on background.
It marked the North's seventh firing of an ICBM this year and the first since late May.
The JCS also said it detected the firing of two short-range ballistic missiles (SRBMs) from Kaechon in South Pyongan Province from around 8:39 a.m.
They traveled some 330 km at a maximum altitude of around 70 km at a top speed of Mach 5, it said.

This undated file photo, released by North Korea's official Korean Central News Agency, shows a launch of a North Korean ballistic missile. (For Use Only in the Republic of Korea. No Redistribution) (Yonhap)
"Our military has beefed up surveillance and vigilance, while maintaining the readiness posture in close cooperation with the U.S.," the JCS said in a statement.
The North's provocations came a day after it shot more than two dozen missiles, the biggest-ever barrage in a single day. One of them flew southward past the de facto maritime inter-Korean border for the first time since the end of the 1950-53 Korean War.
The North is seen as demonstrating its firepower in protest against this week's combined air drills of South Korea and the United States, involving more than 240 aircraft, amid growing speculation that Pyongyang may conduct a nuclear test soon.

Pyongyang has long denounced joint military drills between Seoul and Washington as a rehearsal for invasion. The allies stress the exercises are defensive in nature.
Pak Jong-chon, secretary of the Central Committee of the North's ruling Workers' Party, warned Wednesday that Seoul and Washington will "pay the most horrible price in history" if they decide to attack the North.
North Korea's foreign ministry earlier warned of "more powerful follow-up measures" against what it called Washington's "ceaseless and reckless" military provocations.

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(5th LD) N. Korea's ICBM launch seems to have ended in failure: source | Yonhap News Agency

(ATTN: UPDATES lead paras with details; CHANGES headline)By Kim Soo-yeon and Chae Yun-hwan...
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JUST IN A South Korean missile exploded during an air force competition on Wednesday, the ROK military says - NK News
 
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(vigilant Storm is to be extended, was supposed to end friday- not sure if anyone's yet said the new end date)

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NEW: North Korea's top military official Pak Jong Chon issued a statement slamming U.S.-ROK decision to extend the large-scale air exercises, Vigilant Storm.
Seoul and Washington will soon "realize that they made an irreversible, immense mistake," he says. More soon @nknewsorg
 
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Looks like the missile already fell according to Japan's Coast Guard.
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According to South Korea's JCS, North Korea has launched a ballistic missile towards the East Sea.
 
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"Deeply unfortunate" #DPRK has launched missiles during a time of sorrow in the #ROK, says
@SecDef
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US maintains its ironclad commitment to the defense of the #ROK at a time of heightened tensions with the #DPRK "continued provocations and destabilizing actions," says
@SecDef
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#DPRK nuclear and missile threats are a "grave security challenge" for the peninsula, region and the international community, says #ROK Defense Minister Lee Jong-Sup.

Any use of tactical nuclear weapons by the #DPRK "would be the end of the Kim Jon Un regime," adds Lee.

US will increase deployment of tactical assets around the Korean peninsula in proportional response to the #DPRK threats, says Lee.

"We strongly condemn the DPRK's irresponsible and reckless activities" and call on Pyongyang to "begin to engage in serious dialogue," says
@SecDef

"We're currently not thinking of having the US re-deploy tactical nuclear weapons on the Korean peninsula," says #ROK Defense Minister Lee.


Right now 240+ US and #ROK aircraft are conducing training in an exercise for defending the Korean peninsula, says
@SecDef

"We don't want anyone to make a decision to employ a nuclear device," replies @SecDef, noting #DPRK ICBM and other missile tests, as well artillery firing. "All of these activities are potentially destabilizing."
"No new deployment of strategic assets on a permanent basis," explains @SecDef
when asked about US posture.

#DPRK "ready" to conduct a nuclear test but difficult to determine when it'll happen, says #ROK Defense Minister Lee.

"I believe our activities are effective in deterring" the #DPRK, says
@SecDef
. "We are focused on making sure nobody attacks South Korea" and that "nobody uses a nuclear device."

"They are deterred from attack South Korea and I believe they are deterred from deploying a nuclear device," says
@SecDef
of #DPRK actions.


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Pentagon: A North Korea nuclear attack would ‘result in the end of the Kim regime’​


Republic of Korea Minister of National Defense Lee Jong-sup arrived at the Pentagon early Thursday to meet with his American counterpart, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin. | Andrew Harnik/AP Photo

Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said during a meeting with his South Korean counterpart Thursday that any North Korean nuclear attack against the United States or others would “result in the end of the Kim regime.” The statement came hours after Pyongyang tested a new intercontinental ballistic missile, again raising tensions in the region.

“Any nuclear attack against the United States or its Allies and partners, including the use of non-strategic nuclear weapons, is unacceptable and will result in the end of the Kim regime,” Austin said during a meeting with Lee Jong-sup at the Pentagon on Thursday, according to a joint communique released by the Defense Department.
The administration included similar language in its National Defense Strategy, which the Pentagon released last week.
Both Austin and Lee told reporters after the meeting they were concerned about Pyongyang’s recent missile launches.
Austin said the tests are “destabilizing to the region,” and called on Pyongyang to “cease that type of activity and to begin to engage in serious dialogue.” However, he noted that the Pentagon does not currently have any plans to change its posture in the region.

The meeting comes as Pyongyang continues to provoke outrage from its Pacific neighbors with a multi-day barrage of missile launches. The new round of tests, which occurred Thursday morning local time, appeared to include a failed intercontinental ballistic missile. The government of Japan initially warned that the missile would fly over Japan, but Tokyo’s defense ministry later said that had not occurred. The missile traveled about 466 miles before falling into the sea of Japan, far shorter than a March launch of the same missile that traveled over 1,000 miles.
The Thursday tests came a day after North Korea fired a daily record of 23 missiles on Wednesday, drawing quick condemnation from Washington, Seoul and Tokyo.
Within hours of the latest test, the U.S. and South Korea announced they would extend an air force exercise that had been scheduled to run Monday to Friday this week. South Korea’s air force said the exercise was being extended “with respect to the North’s recent provocations.”

The long-planned drills have angered Pyongyang, which has called them a provocation.
The Vigilant Storm exercise involves around 240 aircraft from the U.S. Air Force, Marine Corps, Navy and Army, along with South Korean fighters. The militaries plan to launch 1,600 sorties, which is the largest ever for the annual event.
Biden administration officials have offered to meet their North Korean counterparts without preconditions, including potential meetings in Pyongyang. North Korea has yet to respond positively to the offer, and instead has increased the rate of weapons tests. Washington, Seoul and Tokyo expect Pyongyang to conduct its seventh nuclear test in the near future.

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Pentagon: A North Korea nuclear attack would ‘result in the end of the Kim regime’

The U.S. and South Korean defense chiefs met Thursday as Pyongyang launches a barrage of missiles.
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"Deeply unfortunate" #DPRK has launched missiles during a time of sorrow in the #ROK, says
@SecDef
.
US maintains its ironclad commitment to the defense of the #ROK at a time of heightened tensions with the #DPRK "continued provocations and destabilizing actions," says
@SecDef
.
#DPRK nuclear and missile threats are a "grave security challenge" for the peninsula, region and the international community, says #ROK Defense Minister Lee Jong-Sup.

Any use of tactical nuclear weapons by the #DPRK "would be the end of the Kim Jon Un regime," adds Lee.

US will increase deployment of tactical assets around the Korean peninsula in proportional response to the #DPRK threats, says Lee.

"We strongly condemn the DPRK's irresponsible and reckless activities" and call on Pyongyang to "begin to engage in serious dialogue," says
@SecDef

"We're currently not thinking of having the US re-deploy tactical nuclear weapons on the Korean peninsula," says #ROK Defense Minister Lee.


Right now 240+ US and #ROK aircraft are conducing training in an exercise for defending the Korean peninsula, says
@SecDef

"We don't want anyone to make a decision to employ a nuclear device," replies @SecDef, noting #DPRK ICBM and other missile tests, as well artillery firing. "All of these activities are potentially destabilizing."
"No new deployment of strategic assets on a permanent basis," explains @SecDef
when asked about US posture.

#DPRK "ready" to conduct a nuclear test but difficult to determine when it'll happen, says #ROK Defense Minister Lee.

"I believe our activities are effective in deterring" the #DPRK, says
@SecDef
. "We are focused on making sure nobody attacks South Korea" and that "nobody uses a nuclear device."

"They are deterred from attack South Korea and I believe they are deterred from deploying a nuclear device," says
@SecDef
of #DPRK actions.


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US secretary of defense: I have consulted with South Korea's minister of Defense and we have decided to extend the "vigilance storm" air force drills to further bolster our readiness.

US secretary of defense: We will continue to work closely together with South Korea to develop options to protect the US and our allies in the region.

US secretary of defense: The US is fully committed to the defense of South Korea. It concludes the full range of our nuclear, conventional and missile defense capabilities

US secretary of defense: We are returning to large scale exercises to strengthen our combined readiness and our ability to fight tonight if necessary

South Korea's Minister of Defense: The daily advances of North Korea's nuclear and missile threats is a grave security challenge for the peace and stability of the international community. We have agreed to further strengthen the alliance capabilities and posture

South Korea's Minister of Defense: The US has pledged to effectively respond to any North Korean provocation by deploying US strategic assets in and around the Korean peninsula *

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JUST IN: North Korea says that the US and South Korea have made a very risky and wrong decision by extending air force drills, and both countries will come to know what a terrible mistake they have made - KCNA
 
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