Pentagon Says U.S. Will Not ‘Overreact’ as North Korea Continues to Fire Missiles
By Mairead McArdle
August 6, 2019 9:48 AM
The Pentagon said Tuesday that the U.S. will not act haphazardly in response to North Korea’s spate of missile launches over the past two weeks, stressing that diplomatic channels must remain open.
“While we take these launchings seriously, we monitor them, we try to understand what they’re doing and why,†Defense Secretary Mark Esper said during his trip to Japan this week. “We also need to be careful not to overreact and not to get ourselves in a situation where diplomacy is closed off.â€
North Korea on Tuesday fired its fourth round of missiles in two weeks, a show of force from the rogue nation as the U.S. starts two weeks of routine joint military exercises with South Korea, which began over the weekend. The latest missiles were fired from South Hwanghae Province and landed in the sea, according to South Korea.
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