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The Navy has sent an aircraft carrier to the waters between North Korea and Japan after the rogue state launched an intermediate-range missile over Japan for the first time in five years Tuesday.
The aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan crossed Tuesday through the Tsugaru-Kaikyo Strait, which separates Japan’s two largest islands, Honshu and Hokkaido, according to Navy photos.
The move comes after Pyongyang’s fifth missile test in two weeks. While the Reagan is based in Japan and regularly patrols the Western Pacific, South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff on Wednesday said the carrier’s shift was meant to push back against North Korea, according to The Korea Herald.
