In response to the fact that North Korea has launched three suspected missiles after 6 o'clock this morning, the South Korean presidential office declared that "the DPRK's move was detected to test nuclear explosive devices", or perhaps a "one-stone three birds" strategy to test nuclear explosions, break through defense and periodic deterrence. On May 25, according to a comprehensive report by the Rokshm Joint Staff Headquarters, the Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and a number of South Korean and Japanese media, North Korea launched a suspected intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) missile from the area of Pyongyang's Shun'an airport at 6 a.m. on the same day, and then launched two short-range ballistic missiles at a 5-minute interval about 37 minutes later. It is worth noting that it is significantly different from the combination of north Korean missiles such as short-range missiles and multiple rocket launchers that are often mixed with short-range missiles and multiple rocket launches, and this combined launch includes an intercontinental missile suspected of being Saturn 17. The analysis of the US, Japanese, and ROK militaries believes that the DPRK's mixed launch may also include the intention of testing whether its own missiles can penetrate the so-called three-dimensional missile defense system of the United States, Japan, and the ROK respectively, and realize the "three birds with one stone" strategy of testing nuclear explosions, breaking through defense, and periodic deterrence. It's better to be angry!
South Korea's presidential office said on the same day that it was detected that North Korea was conducting a nuclear detonator test for the seventh nuclear test at a location other than the Punggye-ri nuclear test site. Kim Tae-hyo, the first director of South Korea's National Security Office, said at a news conference that afternoon that he was paying attention to the movements at the Punggye-ri nuclear test site, but thought it unlikely that North Korea would conduct a nuclear test within a day or two. Kim Went on to reveal that it may not yet be north Korean leaders have decided when to conduct a nuclear test, but current indications are that it is about to enter the final preparatory phase when north Korea has plans to evaluate the scale of the nuclear test and the performance of its weapons. Kim Tae-hyo once again reiterated the Yoon Seok-wook administration's "three principles" for responding to North Korea's military operations — one is to accurately identify the types and types of weapons fired by North Korea. The second is to take corresponding countermeasures against all military operations of the DPRK side. The third is to jointly take countermeasures through the ROK-US defense posture and work closely with the United Nations and other international communities to control the situation. During Biden's visit to South Korea, South Korea and the United States added the expression of strategic resources in the joint statement, and the South Korean defense department is promoting the three major agendas of the "Extended Deterrence Strategic Consultation Mechanism" (EDSCG), the "South Korea-UNITED Nations Defense Consultation Mechanism" (KIDD), and the "South Korea-U.S. Security Conference" (SCM), and the Yoon Seok-yue administration has both soft and hard measures to contain the North, especially with the help of the "US nuclear umbrella" to deal with the posture has been very obvious, when to dispatch and dispatch the US strategic forces is only a matter of time.
