fighter pilot captain abby walters will train from the sky. it s really important for us to train together with the south koreans. the communication flow is much better in the air if you ve practised it multiple times, so it can go quicker which helps us to get more effects down and just be more efficient and deadly in ourjob. north korea sees these drills as a rehearsalfor an invasion. there is concern it could retaliate. in this recent speech, kim jong un warned it could end in war. they might have the appearance of war but the us and south korea insist these drills are defensive. in part a show of strength to convince north korea never to use its weapons, especially as it works to develop ones that can evade missile defences. lieutenant general scott plius is the deputy head of
efficient and deadly in ourjob. north korea sees these drills as a rehearsalfor an invasion. there is concern it could retaliate. in this recent speech, kimjong un warned it could end in war. they might have the appearance of war but the us and south korea insist these drills are defensive. in part a show of strength to convince north korea never to use its weapons, especially as it works to develop ones that can evade missile defences. lieutenant general scott plius is the deputy head of the us forces korea. i have absolutely no worries whatsoever that north korean missiles have a way of defeating our capabilities here on the peninsula. but they are making progress. and so are we. intelligence suggests
afghanistan or the persian gulf region, the way the afghanistan withdrawal was handled, the us quest for a deal that was different by 2015 standards, so what we know about nuclear programme in around versus what we know about it today. so all of these things have a celeste not just of these things have a celeste notjust have left notjust us allies to press harder, but one thing that the biden administration should push for in this trip is more air to ground missile defences, like drones, ballistic missiles and other threats, and also to bring everyone diplomatically on the same page together, perhaps more normalisation to counter this iranian threat. you touched upon saudi arabia, and that links us into the president previously describing saudi arabia when it comes to the killing ofjamal khashoggi as a pariah. he will now be going to saudi arabia. there was concern over the price of fuel. we have the news developing that the president has welcomed a decision by
and complicate missile defences that are highly manoeuvrable and harder for the united states to pre empt and let alone to detect. but hold on one second, kim jong un already has plenty of weapons to defend himself against attack. his missile arsenal is more elaborate than britain s, france, india or pakistan, so why does he need more? what we might prescribe to north korea for self defence purposes might be deemed insufficient by the north koreans themselves. so kimjong un, feeling chronically insecure, i think kim really doesn t trust anybody outside, including china and russia. surprisingly perhaps, some in south korea see all the activity up north as a good thing. a sign that what kim jong un really wants is to talk. the problem for the north korean dictator is that unlike donald trump, presidentjoe biden doesn t seem very interested in having this sort of photo op on his presidential record.
multiple missile tests, claims that north korea has new hypersonic weapons and threats of more to come. so what s going on in pyongyang? the short answer is that north korea hasn t spent the pandemic sitting on its hands it s been busy. translation: we are surprised because we underestimate north korean technology, and we assume that north korea is suffering because of the pandemic. they want to complete their missile system with one that is like a scorpion s tail. more specifically, kim jong un appears to be developing missiles and warheads that can get past missile defence batteries, like this on injapan. it seems pretty clear that their aim is to develop and invade and complicate missile defences that are highly manoeuvrable and harder for the united states to pre empt and let alone to detect.