North Korea has acted increasingly belligerent since the start of the Trump presidency
The U. S. has responded to this aggression, setting up its advanced anti-missile defense system in South Korea, Reuters Tuesday. Three of North Korea’s four medium-range ballistic missiles traveled about 600 miles and reached an altitude of 160 miles after from the Dongchang-ri long-range missile site, South Korean military officials said. The missiles landed within Japan’s exclusive economic zone off the Oga Peninsula in Akita prefecture. “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.