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Since pictures don't tell you when a test will take place, you have to send the airplane so it can be on station if the launch occurs."
MeNMyRC1, an open-source intelligence analyst on X (formerly Twitter), previously told Newsweek The RC-135S, equipped with a sophisticated array of optical and electronic sensors, recording media, and communications equipment, is a national asset uniquely suited to provide America's leaders and defense community with vital information that cannot be obtained by any other source."
A U.S. Air Force fact sheet read Pacific Air Forces remains committed to a free and open Indo-Pacific focused on fostering regional security and stability throughout the region,
North Korea's missile launch is a clear violation of U.N. Security Council resolutions and represents a serious threat to the security of the Korean Peninsula and the world,
Choi said while presiding over a Cabinet meeting Our government will firmly respond to North Korea's provocations based on the solid South Korea-U.S. alliance,
The flight range analyzed by South Korea, the United States and Japan is around 1,100 kilometers and (the missile) did not reach a second peak,
Lee said, dismissing the North's claim that the missile reached the second peak at 42.5 kilometers We had serious concerns about some of the actions that President Yoon took and we communicated those directly to the government,
The hypersonic missile system will reliably contain any rivals in the Pacific region that can affect the security of our state,
the agency quoted Kim as saying This is clearly a plan and effort for self-defence, not an offensive plan and action,
What's especially impressive about this technology is that ... achieving such speeds requires materials that can withstand extreme conditions,
said Yang Moo-jin, president of the University of North Korean Studies in Seoul The development of the defence capabilities of the DPRK aiming to be a military power will be further accelerated,
Kim said, using the acronym for the North's official name It sends a clear message to the Trump administration, suggesting that in order to engage in dialogue, North Korea's strategic position must be acknowledged,
Hong Min, a senior analyst at the Korea Institute for National Unification, told AFP North Korea is highly skilled in propaganda, agitation, and deception. North Korea has frequently made exaggerated claims and announcements,
What’s so alarming about this missile is that this technology is currently possessed only by Russia, China, and the United States,
said Yang Moo-jin, president of the University of North Korean Studies in Seoul The development of new-type hypersonic missile is mainly aimed to steadily put the country's nuclear war deterrent on an advanced basis by making the means of changing the war situation, the weapon system to which no one can respond, the linchpin of strategic deterrence,
he said, according to KCNA The performance of our latest intermediate-range hypersonic missile system can not be ignored worldwide, and the system can deal a serious military strike to a rival while effectively breaking any dense defensive barrier,
Under a firm South Korea-U.S. combined defense posture, our military will closely monitor various North Korean activities so that it does not misjudge the current security situation,
the JCS said in a message to reporters, while denouncing the launch as a "clear provocation." The envoys condemned that North Korea conducted the ballistic missile launch while the South Korea-U.S. foreign ministerial meeting was taking place in Seoul,
the ministry said in a release The international community is sternly watching, with assessments that the martial law incident exposed vulnerabilities in South Korean society ... and that Yoon Suk Yeol’s political life could face an early end,
The shocking incident of the puppet Yoon Suk Yeol regime, which was faced with a serious governance crisis and an impeachment crisis, suddenly declared a martial law decree and unhesitatingly wielded the guns and knives of its fascist dictatorship,