April 27, 2024
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US, ROK and Japan start real-time data sharing on North Korean missile launches

Seoul says system will improve detection and evaluation of DPRK missiles, with three countries to share info 24/7

The U.S., South Korea and Japan have started sharing real-time data on North Korean missile launches for the first time, Seoul’s defense ministry said Tuesday, a day after Pyongyang launched a solid-fuel intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM).

The move to operationalize the trilateral data-sharing system comes more than a year after the countries’ leaders first discussed the plan during a summit in Cambodia in Nov. 2022, seeking to improve their ability to assess missile threats.

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