The new missiles prompted North Korea, Washington and Seoul to reconsider the war.
A senior US military official says the strategic environment in East Asia has changed over the past few years and it is essential that they have an action plan that is up to date.
Amid Pyongyang and Seoul’s efforts to resume talks and improve bilateral relations, other countries continue to fuel differences.
According to Sputnik news agency, the defense ministers of the United States and South Korea are expected to order new war plans in the event of a conflict with North Korea, taking into account the country’s progress in nuclear weapons and missiles built in recent years. Put to work.
Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin traveled south to Seoul on Wednesday evening for a three-day visit to Osan Air Base, and on the same day, South Korean Joint Chiefs of Staff Won In-chul attended the 46th meeting of the Bilateral Military Committee with his US counterpart. He will be hosted by General Mark Millie.
“The strategic environment has changed over the past few years,” a senior US military official told reporters during an in-flight press conference on Tuesday, according to the report. “It is appropriate and necessary that we have an action plan that is up to date.”
Another US military official said that while the review was not in response to any new threats, a new action plan should address “progress in North Korea’s capabilities, particularly in the ability of missiles to carry nuclear warheads.”
Pyongyang has used the Sea of Japan in recent years to test a number of new short-range ballistic missiles, but it also recently unveiled a new missile fired from a train car, aimed at increasing survival in the face of another country’s attack.
A few days ago, the South Korean Joint Chiefs of Staff announced that there had been no unusual military activity in North Korea recently, not even the necessary preparations for a possible missile launch.
