South Korea’s military accused North Korea of carrying out another round of missile tests on Friday morning, saying they’d fired “projectiles” off their east coast. They did not say how far they flew.
This appears, however, to just be the latest of a series of short-range
missiles and rockets being tested by North Korea, which South Korea has
complained about but which US officials have downplayed as largely
irrelevant.
North Korea has in the past said that these rockets are part of an
effort to to build up tactical munitions in the event of a war breaking
out. Historically, North Korea has relied heavily on artillery for that,
and has a huge amount for any nation of its size.
President Trump has dismissed past missile tests as not a problem,
saying short-range tests are not a problem, and that the goal is to get
back to peace talks between the two sides.
Moon Jae-in needs to pay attention to this. He can’t just go on hosting US troops and playing silly war games with the USA. South Korea’s future lies with the New Silk Road initiative. He needs to build the trans-Korea railway NOW! That will effectively end the illegal sanctions on the North and show that he is serious about ending the Korean War once and for all.
Never mind South Korea. If we have judged those “projectiles” to be irrelevant then they are irrelevant. After all the Don just got a “beautiful letter” from his pal Kim so no need to worry.