Tensions Escalate In North Korea; Kim Talks Smack; Tillerson Crosses a Red Line

On July 4, North Korea time, the Kim Jong Un regime conducted a test of what was technically an ICBM. For the first time, a part of the United States, Alaska, was brought within the range of North Korea’s nuclear arsenal.

Several things have happened in the meantime.

The US and the ROK conducted a joint live fire exercise of short/intermediate range, but highly capable, missiles. This was directed from the highest levels in South Korea so we may assume the same applies to the United States

Moon Jae-in orders missile firing drills in response to NK’s missile test, saying “This is not something to be responded with a statement.” https://t.co/blZ0XEPwcN

— T.K. of AAK! (@AskAKorean) July 5, 2017

The U.S. Army and South Korean military responded to North Korea’s latest launch with their own exercise of missiles, launching them Wednesday into South Korean territorial waters along the country’s eastern coastline, U.S. Pacific Command said in a statement. The launches were directly in response to “North Korea’s destabilizing and unlawful actions,” Pacific Command said.

The Army used its Army Tactical Missile System and South Korea used its Hyunmoo Missile II, which can be deployed rapidly and provide “deep strike precision capability,” Pacific Command said.

The ATACMS has a range of about 190 miles (range is limited by the Intermediate Range Nuclear Forces Treaty with Russia) but it has an accuracy of about 10 meters. The Korean developed Hyunmoo II has a range of nearly 500 miles and can strike anywhere in North Korea.

Kim Jong Un engaged in smack talk

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