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Offline TomSea

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They weren't long-range missiles so technically, weren't a violation.
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S. Korea says stop raising tensions after N. Korea fires ‘projectiles’:The Asahi Shimbun

SEOUL--North Korea fired several "unidentified short-range projectiles" into the sea off its east coast on Saturday, prompting South Korea to call on its communist neighbor to "stop acts that escalate military tension on the Korean Peninsula."

The South Korean military initially described it as a missile launch, but subsequently gave a more vague description. The latest firing came after the North's test of what it called a tactical guided weapons system in April.

Analysts suspected the flurry of military activity by Pyongyang was an attempt to exert pressure on the United States to give ground in negotiations to end the North's nuclear program after a summit in February ended in failure.

Read more at: http://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/AJ201905040043.html


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It was "time for plan B" back in the 1990's when Clinton was president.
We could have nipped the Norks' nuclear plans in the bud.

Of course, nuthin' was gonna happen back then!