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It came after the two allies conducted a tabletop exercise at the Pentagon focused on responses to a nuclear attack by Pyongyang.
The defence ministry in Seoul questioned that description of the test, saying there was a difference between what was announced and what US and South Korean surveillance detected. It added that analysis was ongoing.North Korea is not banned from firing cruise missiles under current UN sanctions, but the Thursday drill followed multiple weapons tests this week – including an intercontinental ballistic missile – which was condemned as “provocative” by the UN chief.
South Korea is eager to reassure its increasingly nervous public about the US commitment to so-called extended deterrence, where US assets, including nuclear weapons, serve to prevent attacks on allies. US-South Korea joint exercises infuriate North Korea, which views them as rehearsals for an invasion.
Relations between the two Koreas are at one of their lowest points in decades, with talks stalled and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un calling for an “exponential” increase in weapons production, including tactical nuclear weapons.Kim’s powerful sister, Kim Yo Jong, this week described the Pacific as the country’s “firing range.”
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