US and Japan report that North Korea launched two short-range ballistic missiles off its east coast on Thursday. The Prime Minister of Japan was the first leader to identify the missiles as “ballistic missiles” and a senior US official also confirmed this. This development of North Korea’s warheads is a significant safety threat and interruption of Japan’s peace. This missile testing also goes against the United Nations Security Council’s ban on North Korea’s development and testing of ballistic missile technologies. These two missiles flew at a height of 62 miles and reached 280 miles then dropped into waters between North Korea and Japan. Also, over the weekend, North Korea tested two short-range cruise missiles, but this test did not violate United Nations resolutions. North Korea’s weapons program has been a problem for the past 4 US presidents, where it was handled differently in each presidency and all resulted in failure to stop North Korea from building nuclear warheads. With this being the first provocation under the Biden administration, we will see how it is handled.
Reese McMullen
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