[3rd Report] JCS: "One Long-Range Missile Launched Near Pyongyang"

North Korea launched a ballistic missile into the East Sea on the 12th. This marks 27 days since North Korea last fired a ballistic missile in protest against the South Korea-U.S. joint and combined firepower annihilation exercises on the 15th of last month.

On the day, the Joint Chiefs of Staff stated, "Around 10 a.m., one projectile presumed to be a long-range ballistic missile was detected launched from the Pyongyang area toward the East Sea." Currently, military authorities are analyzing detailed specifications such as the type and flight distance of the projectile.

Kim Yo-jong, Deputy Director of the Workers' Party of North Korea, issued three statements over two days from the 10th to the 11th, claiming that a U.S. Air Force strategic reconnaissance aircraft violated the East Sea Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) airspace and threatened to take military counteractions if such incursions were repeated. This ballistic missile launch appears to be a provocation targeting the routine reconnaissance flights of U.S. military reconnaissance aircraft over international waters.

In a statement released by the Ministry of National Defense on the morning of the 10th, it was warned, "There is no guarantee anywhere that a shocking incident of a U.S. Air Force strategic reconnaissance aircraft being shot down over the East Sea of Joseon will not occur." Kim Yo-jong, who issued consecutive statements on the night of the 10th and early morning of the 11th, also hinted at military action by saying, "The U.S. military will experience very perilous flights."

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