About the Author
Hong Hee-bum
Hong Hee-bum is the Editor-in-Chief at Platoon Magazine, one of South Korea's largest military-focused magazines.
Tuesday saw North Korea test-launch what it described as an “ICBM” into the East Sea (Sea of Japan). Less than 24 hours later, South Korea fired a number of ballistic missiles into the East Sea in retaliation.
Much of the world is now busy analyzing the North’s ICBM, but many are ignoring an equally important question: how the ROK-U.S. could have managed to conduct a response launch in such a short space of time.