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North Korea test-fires missiles in response to first ‘multi-domain’ trilateral manoeuvres by US, Japan and South Korea
A U.S. Army's armoured vehicle moves during an exercise in Paju, near the border with North Korea, June 27, 2024
NORTH KOREA test-fired two ballistic missiles today after promising an “offensive and overwhelming” response to US-led military exercises off its coast.
Operation Freedom Edge, which ended at the weekend, was the first “multidomain trilateral drill” between the US, Japan and South Korea, and featured a US nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, the USS Theodore Roosevelt.
A multidomain drill involves co-ordinated activity across the “domains” of air, sea, land, space and cyberspace.
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