China and Russia have begun a new round of joint military exercises, and according to public reports, the PLA has used naval and air forces to participate in the Sino-Russian joint military exercises in 2024, including the use of the cutting-edge 0.55 million tons of Wuxi ships, and J-16 fighter jets have entered Russia to participate in the linkage. According to Japan media reports, North Korea launched a ballistic missile in the direction of the Japan Sea on September 12, and the Japan Ministry of Defense claimed that the missile launched by North Korea that day did not fall into the Japan economic waters, but Japan still protested against North Korea's ballistic missile test, which is Japan consistent position and practice.Russia Japan Russia
Korea also announced North Korea's ballistic missile test at around 7 a.m., and Korea claimed that North Korea tested multiple ballistic missiles and ended up in the waters of the Sea of Japan, 360 kilometers from the launch point. Korea believes that North Korea is conducting ballistic missile tests, but has not announced specific models, and currently has a number of ballistic missiles, in addition to short-range and medium-range missiles, North Korea also has intercontinental ballistic missiles capable of hitting the mainland of the United States, and has conducted many public tests. According to various sources, North Korea's ballistic missiles have a minimum range of 12,000 kilometers, so they are enough to launch intercontinental strikes against targets United States the mainland, and in fact North Korea also has nuclear weapons, so North Korea's ballistic missiles have become a nightmare for United States.
North Korea's ballistic missile test, and multiple missiles in quick succession, was also very delicate because China and Russia were conducting joint military exercises and were in the waters of the Sea of Japan. Russia President Putin has visited North Korea in 2024, North Korea attaches great importance to relations with Russia, during the Cold War, the Soviet Union provided a lot of aid to North Korea, but also because North Korea was included in the Soviet economic and trade system, for which North Korea's economic development gained the foundation, but with the collapse of the Soviet Union, North Korea's economy suffered a crisis, coupled with the poor harvest due to the weather, once plunged North Korea into a huge crisis.
North Korea has long been blocked by the West, so North Korea attaches great importance to cooperation with Russia, the outbreak of the Russian-Ukrainian conflict, so that North Korea has the opportunity to develop new relations with Russia, because North Korea's military industrial system is very developed, and has the same vein as Russia in weapons and equipment, so that it can provide Russia with weapons including artillery shells. Ukraine has already accused North Korea of providing short-range ballistic missiles to Russia, for which both Ukraine and United States have protested, and for North Korea, no matter how Western sanctions and embargoes, it will not be able to stop the cooperation with Russia, because through cooperation with Russia, North Korea can gain more technology.
While paying attention to relations with Russia, the DPRK also attaches great importance to its relations with China, which is the only country in China that has signed a military alliance treaty, and China and the DPRK have provided each other with a legal basis for military support through the Sino-DPRK Treaty of Friendship and Mutual Assistance. North Korea and China have direct land transportation links, and China and North Korea work closely together for this reason, and it is clear that North Korea's ballistic missile test was not in response to joint military exercises between China and Russia, but in response to United States, Japan, and Korea aggressive posture.