North Korea launches missile toward South Korean waters after U.S. sends carrier to region
2022-10-06 08:32:05 source：Politico
October 5, 2022
North Korea launched a ballistic missile toward the eastern waters off South Korea on Thursday, according to South Korean officials — a launch that came the same week the U.S. sent an aircraft carrier to the region after North Korea launched an intermediate-range missile over Japan.
South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff did not provide any further details on the launch, which they said occurred Thursday morning local time, according to The Associated Press.
The U.S. planned to send a nuclear-powered aircraft carrier to the waters near the Korean Peninsula following North Korea’s missile tests on Tuesday, according to two Defense Department officials, the latest in a series of tit-for-tat military actions in the Pacific this week.
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