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U.S. and South Korea hold live-fire drills in response to North Korean missile launch over Japan

The U.S. and South Korean held joint live-fire military drills in response to Pyongyang's longest-range ballistic missile test that caused alarm in Japan as it flew over the country on Tuesday.

Driving the news: The U.S. Indo-Pacific Command tweeted that the exercises were designed to "showcase combined deterrent & dynamic strike capabilities" after the North Korean military's first missile launch over Japan in five years and its fifth test in just over a week.


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