The U.S. Indo-Pacific Command (INDOPACOM) said on Monday that it was consulting closely with regional allies following North Korea’s latest “destabilizing” ballistic missile launches, which North Korean state media boasted was suitable for “tactical nuclear attack.”
The missile launches came just two days after the North Korean regime claimed it conducted an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) test in retaliation against U.S.-South Korea joint drills.
“We are aware of the DPRK’s additional ballistic missile launches, and we are consulting closely with our allies and partners,” the INDOPACOM said in a statement after the launches.
It condemned North Korea’s “unlawful WMD and ballistic missile programs,” while noting that, on this occasion, the missiles did not pose an immediate threat to the United States and its allies….