{"id":2017224,"date":"2023-08-30T18:36:02","date_gmt":"2023-08-30T22:36:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/north-korea-responds-to-us-bomber-deployment-by-launching-ballistic-missile\/"},"modified":"2023-08-30T18:38:12","modified_gmt":"2023-08-30T22:38:12","slug":"north-korea-responds-to-us-bomber-deployment-by-launching-ballistic-missile","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/north-korea-responds-to-us-bomber-deployment-by-launching-ballistic-missile\/","title":{"rendered":"North Korea counters US bomber deployment with ballistic missile launch."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fnorth-korea-responds-to-us-bomber-deployment-by-launching-ballistic-missile%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2017224&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>North Korea Responds to US Bomber Deployment by Launching\u2062 Ballistic Missile<\/h2>\n<p>Amid \u2062escalating tensions, North Korea launched a ballistic missile \u200ctowards its eastern waters on\u2064 Wednesday, just hours \u2064after the United States flew a\u200b <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dod-more-troops-will-be-deployed-to-afghanistan-before-sept-11\/\" title=\"DOD: More troops will be deployed to Afghanistan before Sept. 11\">long-range bomber<\/a> to the Korean Peninsula for a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/israel-morocco-sign-historic-defense-agreement\/\" title=\"Israel, Morocco Sign Historic Defense Agreement\">joint military training exercise<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The South Korean military \u2064confirmed \u200cthe launch, but provided no further details on the missile&#8217;s\u200d range or\u2063 capabilities.<\/p>\n<p>Japan&#8217;s\u200d Defense \u2063Ministry\u200b also reported that North Korea\u200d fired a suspected\u2064 ballistic missile.<\/p>\n<p>The United States had deployed a B-1B \u200cbomber to the\u200c Korean Peninsula earlier in \u200bthe day as part \u200dof field \u2063exercises \u200bwith South Korea. These \u2063exercises are being conducted alongside \u2063the annual\u2063 U.S.-South\u2062 Korean computer-simulated command post exercise called &#8220;Ulchi \u2062Freedom Shield,&#8221; which began on August 21.<\/p>\n<p>North Korea\u200c perceives these military drills \u2062as a rehearsal for \u2064invasion.<\/p>\n<p>The deployment\u2062 of\u200c U.S. B-1B \u200bbombers is \u2063particularly sensitive for North\u200c Korea, \u2062as these aircraft have the capacity to \u200bcarry a significant\u200c payload of conventional \u200dweapons.<\/p>\n<p>This marks the tenth flyover of U.S. bombers on the Korean\u200c Peninsula this year.<\/p>\n<p>The South Korean Defense \u2062Ministry stated that the B-1B bomber participated in\u2063 aerial drills with other \u2062U.S. and\u2063 South Korean warplanes in \u200dwaters off the \u200dKorean Peninsula&#8217;s west \u200dcoast. The drills aimed\u2062 to demonstrate\u200b the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/upscaled-u-s-south-korea-military-drills-the-direct-result-of-north-koreas-missiles\/\" title=\"Upscaled U.S.-South Korea Military Drills the Direct Result of North Korea\u2019s Missiles\">combined defense posture<\/a> of the two countries and the U.S.&#8217; commitment to South Korea&#8217;s defense.<\/p>\n<p>North Korea&#8217;s state\u2063 media reported that leader Kim Jong Un\u2064 called for the military to be constantly prepared for combat to counteract plans by its rivals to invade. In\u200d response, South Korea, the\u200c U.S., and Japan mobilized naval destroyers for \u200da\u200d trilateral \u200cmissile\u2062 defense exercise off\u200d South Korea&#8217;s southern \u200bJeju island.<\/p>\n<p>Kim \u200cemphasized in a\u200d speech \u200don Navy Day that\u200d the waters surrounding the Korean Peninsula \u200dhave become unstable \u2063due \u200bto U.S.-led hostilities, with the risk of\u2062 a nuclear \u200dwar, according to the official Korean Central \u2064News Agency.<\/p>\n<p>Since the beginning of 2022, North Korea has conducted \u2064over \u2062100 weapons tests, many of which\u200b <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/north-korea-responds-to-us-bomber-deployment-by-launching-ballistic-missile\/\" title=\"North Korea counters US bomber deployment with ballistic missile launch.\">involved nuclear-capable missiles designed<\/a>\u2064 to target the U.S., South Korea, and Japan. Experts believe that \u2063North Korea aims to leverage \u200cits increased military\u2064 capabilities to secure greater concessions from \u2062the U.S.<\/p>\n<p>In response to North Korea&#8217;s testing\u2062 spree, the\u2064 U.S. and South Korea have expanded their drills, resumed \u200dtrilateral training \u2062with \u200bJapan, and increased the visibility of\u200d U.S. strategic assets on the Korean Peninsula. In \u200dJuly, the United States\u2063 deployed a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/sinking-our-future-bidens-budget-cuts-funds-to-u-s-navy-as-china-ramps-up-shipbuilding\/\" title=\"'Sinking Our Future': Biden's Budget Cuts Funds to U.S. Navy As China Ramps Up Shipbuilding\">nuclear-armed submarine<\/a>\u2062 to South\u200d Korea for\u2062 the first \u2062time in four decades.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-style: italic\">The Western Journal has reviewed this Associated Press story and may have altered\u200d it prior to\u200d publication to ensure that it meets \u2064our\u200c editorial standards.<\/p>\n<p>The post \u200b <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/ap-north-korea-responds-us-bomber-deployment-launching-ballistic-missile\/\">North\u200d Korea\u2063 Responds to US \u2063Bomber Deployment by Launching Ballistic Missile<\/a> \u200c appeared first on <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\">The Western Journal<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>North Korea fired a ballistic missile towards its eastern waters, following the US deployment of a long-range bomber to the Korean Peninsula for a joint military exercise. 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