A photo of an SM-3 interceptor launch from a Japanese destroyer | Image: Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force (Released Nov. 21, 2022)
South Korea and Japan successfully tested new missile interceptor systems in separate tests in recent days, following a series of North Korean weapons tests that have sent missiles over or near its neighbors' territory and waters.
In South Korea, the military recently conducted a successful missile interception test using its long-range surface-to-air missile (L-SAM) for the first time recently, NK News confirmed.
South Korea and Japan successfully tested new missile interceptor systems in separate tests in recent days, following a series of North Korean weapons tests that have sent missiles over or near its neighbors' territory and waters.
In South Korea, the military recently conducted a successful missile interception test using its long-range surface-to-air missile (L-SAM) for the first time recently, NK News confirmed.
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Jeongmin Kim is the Lead Correspondent at NK News and Editorial Director at KOREA PRO, based in Seoul. Kim covers inter-Korean relations and North and South Korean foreign and military affairs. Kim has covered the 2022 ROK presidential election on the ground, and prior to joining NK News, she worked for the CSIS Korea Chair in Washington D.C. and Reuters news agency’s Seoul bureau.