North Korea missile tests were ‘drill for strike on U.S. bases’ in Japan

• North Korea ‘training to strike United States military bases in Japan’

• Four ballistic missiles were fired by North Korea on Monday which came very close to U.S. ally Japan

• United Nations Security Council to hold meeting to discuss additional measures following the launch

PYONGYANG, North Korea – State media in Pyongyang reported that North Korea was training to strike United States military bases in Japan.

“If the United States or South Korea fires even a single flame inside North Korean territory, we will demolish the origin of the invasion and provocation with a nuclear tipped missile,” the KCNA statement said.

Four ballistic missiles were fired by North Korea on Monday which came very close to U.S. ally Japan, in waters that are part of the country’s exclusive economic zone.

KCNA in its statement said, “Feasting his eyes on the trails of ballistic rockets,” Jong-Un praised the Hwasong artillery unit that carried it out, referring to North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un.

“The four ballistic rockets launched simultaneously are so accurate that they look like acrobatic flying corps in formation, he said,” the agency added.

The military units involved are “tasked to strike the bases of the U.S. imperialist aggressor forces in Japan in contingency,” it noted.

An urgent meeting is scheduled for tomorrow by the United Nations Security Council after a request by Washington and Tokyo to discuss additional measures following the launch by the isolation nation.

Reacting to the missile launch, U.S. ambassador to the UN, Nikki Haley, posted on Twitter that the world “won’t allow” North Korea to continue on its “destructive path.”

In the wake of the North’s provocative actions, the United States has begun shipping its controversial anti-missile system – THAAD, which stands for Terminal High Altitude Area Defense – to South Korea, meant to counter a threat like that from North Korea.

South Korea’s Yonhap news agency, quoting a military official, said the system could be operational “as early as April.”

Defense officials stressed that THAAD “is strictly a defensive system” targeted only at defending South Korea against North Korean missiles.

“Continued provocative actions by North Korea, to include yesterday’s launch of multiple missiles, only confirm the prudence of our alliance decision last year to deploy THAAD to South Korea,” U.S. Pacific Commander Admiral Harry Harris said in a statement, referring to the anti-missile system.

White House press secretary Sean Spicer also said the United States was “taking steps to enhance our ability to defend against North Korea’s ballistic missiles, such as through the deployment of a THAAD battery to South Korea.”

To rally allies against the North Korean threat, U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson is expected to soon to embark on his first Asia trip as the top U.S. diplomat, according to sources.

Source:North Korea Times