US steps up intelligence and surveillance efforts on North Korea following multiple missile launches
CNN
The United States is increasing its readiness in the Indo-Pacific region against North Korea, intensifying "intelligence, readiness and surveillance collection activities" related to North Korea following recent ballistic missile launches by Pyongyang, US Indo-Pacific Command announced Wednesday.
US Indo-Pacific Command said it is stepping up its intelligence and surveillance activities in the Yellow Sea, between China and the Korean Peninsula, "in light" of the recent launches by North Korea that "violate multiple UN Security Council resolutions and pose a threat to the DPRK's neighbors and the international community."
"In light of this, on March 7, 2022, U.S. Indo-Pacific Command ordered intensified Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance collection activities in the Yellow Sea, as well as enhanced readiness among our ballistic missile defense forces in the region. Our commitment to the defense of the Republic of Korea and Japan remains ironclad," the statement read.
