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According to some details in the new book “ Rage ” by “ Watergate ” reporter Bob Woodward, obtained by Yonhap News on the 13th (local time), the defense of James Mathis at the time when North Korea launched the Hwaseong -14 on July 4, 2017 in Korean time. With the approval of the Minister, then-USFK commander Vincent Brooks ordered the launch of a US military tactical missile.
The missile flew 186 miles (299.33 km) in the eastern sea. Woodward wrote: “It was exactly the same distance as a tent observing missile launches from the US missile launch site and North Korea’s missile test launch site, and satellite imagery.”
“The meaning was clear. Kim Jong-un should be concerned about personal safety,” he explained. However, Woodward added that there was no information available on whether North Korea was aware of this.
The day after the test launch of the Hwaseong-14, the Joint Chiefs of Staff said that in response to the North Korean ballistic missile provocation, the ROK and US missile forces launched a combined missile fire. ballistics on the east coast and demonstrated their ability to precisely attack enemy leadership in an emergency.
At that time, USFK A-TAKIM surface-to-ground tactical missiles were mobilized, but one A-TA-Kims contains around 300 rounds, which can destroy 3-4 soccer fields.
Woodward recounted in detail Mattis’s agony that he had even visited the church and prayed in late 2017, when tensions between North Korea were escalating. There were, “he said.
At the same time, the US Nebraska Strategic Command carefully studied and reviewed the 5027 plan for regime change in North Korea, adding that this is a response to the United States in the event of an attack and includes the possibility of using 80 nuclear weapons.
Additionally, the ‘5015 Operation Plan’ was also updated to hit the leadership, Woodward said.
Design 5027 is a joint operation plan by the Republic of Korea and the US in preparation for an emergency on the Korean Peninsula.
The 5015 replaces the 5027 and has been known to focus on hitting the leadership.
In this regard, a key Blue House official said: “It is clear that the use of nuclear weapons is not in our operational plan, and the use of force on the Korean peninsula is impossible without our consent.”
Secretary Mathis said that when North Korea launched the Hwaseong-12 medium-long-range ballistic missile on August 29, 2017, it began seeking more aggressive countermeasures and was also concerned whether one of the North Korean ports should be bombed to send a message to North Korea. Woodward said.
At the time, Mattis said the president only had the authority to approve the use of nuclear weapons, but he thought the decision lived up to his proposal, and that he thought about what to do in a situation where it could kill millions.
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