At this worldwide ground forces arms exhibition hosted by the Association of the Republic of Korea Army, South Korean arms manufacturers plan to showcase the K-9 self-propelled howitzer, Raybolt man-portable antitank guided missile, and its latest tanks and armored fighting vehicles, Yonhap news reported.
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Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe called the test a “serious threat against our country’s security”, adding that “this is an outrageous act that can not be tolerated”. “We have made a strong protest to North Korea”. He combines his experience in forthcoming technology research.
North Korea’s leader Kim Jong Un continues to defy the UN’s ban on the development of ballistic missiles and nuclear weapons.
The missile, believed to be an intermediate-range Rodong type, flew about 1,000 kilometers (620 miles) before falling into waters about 250 kilometers from Japan’s coast line, according to South Korean and Japanese military officials.
Seoul’s Joint Chiefs of Staff said in a statement that it “strongly condemns” the missile launch because it explicitly shows the North’s intentions of being able to launch missile attacks on South Korea and neighboring countries.
In March 2013, North Korea carried out a massive cyber attack on South Korean financial firms and TV broadcasters, causing their networks to crash.
Fanning, who arrived in South Korea on Monday for a three-day visit, has already been to Hawaii, Guam, Japan and Malaysia as part of his weekslong tour of military bases throughout the Pacific region.
The upward trend, however, is not expected to continue in the second half of this year as the decision between Seoul and Washington to deploy Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) in South Korean soil damages Beijing-Seoul relations and may result in weak demand for South Korean products.
North Korea is pushing to manufacture a warhead small enough to be placed on a long-range missile that can reach the continental USA, but South Korean defense officials say the North doesn’t yet have such a miniaturized warhead.
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The missiles were fired from the western city of Hwangju – one exploded after launch and the other tracked over North Korea and into the Sea of Japan, STRATCOM said.
