{"id":36519,"date":"2022-10-06T08:34:15","date_gmt":"2022-10-06T15:34:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cww7news.com\/?p=36519"},"modified":"2022-10-06T08:34:17","modified_gmt":"2022-10-06T15:34:17","slug":"uss-ronald-reagan-redeploys-near-south-korea-in-wake-of-norths-latest-missile-test","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cww7news.com\/uss-ronald-reagan-redeploys-near-south-korea-in-wake-of-norths-latest-missile-test\/","title":{"rendered":"USS Ronald Reagan redeploys near South Korea in wake of North’s latest missile test"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan is redeploying to South Korea\u2019s eastern coast less than a week after it concluded trilateral naval drills with South Korean and Japanese warships.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

South Korea\u2019s Joint Chiefs of Staff in a press release Wednesday said the Ronald Reagan Carrier Strike Group would be entering international waters in the East Sea, also known as the Sea of Japan, on the same day due to \u201chighly unusual\u201d timing of North Korea’s activities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On Tuesday, the communist regime fired an intermediate-range ballistic missile<\/a> that flew over Japan before splashing down in the Pacific Ocean.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The strike group\u2019s redeployment \u201cdemonstrates the determined will of the [South Korea]-U.S. alliance and will enhance the readiness posture of the alliance against consecutive North Korean provocations,\u201d the Joint Chief\u2019s statement said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The strike group made port in and around the coastal city of Busan on Sept. 23, shortly before a four-day drill with South Korean warships to address \u201cNorth Korean provocations with an aim to improve capabilities\u201d of the U.S. and South Korean navies, according to South Korea’s Ministry of National Defense.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The ships were joined by the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force for an anti-submarine warfare exercise<\/a> on Sept. 30, the first such drill in five years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

North Korea has launched several missiles since those drills. It has carried out five rounds of tests in a span of 10 days and 22 tests so far this year, a record.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tuesday\u2019s IRBM test prompted the Japanese government and U.S. military to issue alerts warning people to seek shelter. The incident marked the first time in five years that North Korea has fired a missile over Japan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Hirokazu Matsuno, during a news conference immediately following the launch, described it as an \u201cextremely problematic act.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol presided over a meeting with the country\u2019s National Security Council and said the \u201creckless nuclear provocation\u201d would only bolster Seoul\u2019s defense capabilities and its alliance with Washington.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Allies\u2019 response<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hours after the test, four South Korean F-15K Slam Eagles and four U.S. Air Force F-16 Fighting Falcons dropped two Joint Direct Attack Munition, or JDAM, bombs on an island target in the Yellow Sea.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The joint exercise resembled a similar drill by South Korea after the North launched an intercontinental ballistic missile on March 24. Seoul fired several ground-to-sea missiles and dropped two bombs into the East Sea then as a show of force.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A U.S. Indo-Pacific Command news release on Tuesday\u2019s joint exercise referred to North Korea\u2019s latest test and said the JDAMs showcased the \u201ccombined deterrent and dynamic strike capabilities\u201d of the U.S. and South Korea.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe U.S. remains committed to peace and prosperity through the region in order to secure a free and open Indo-Pacific,\u201d the statement said. \u201cOur commitment to the defense of [South Korea] and Japan remains ironclad.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

U.S. and South Korean forces followed that up with another exercise early Wednesday. The two sides launched four Army Tactical Missile System surface-to-surface missiles toward the East Sea to demonstrate their \u201creaction capability\u201d and \u201cfor the purpose of deterring further provocations\u201d from North Korea.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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