South Korea responds to Kim Jong-un’s nuke test with live-fire simulation of an attack on his test site
SOUTH Korea has responded to Kim-Jong-un's latest nuke test with a live-fire simulation of an attack on his test site.
Seoul's Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) said the drill involved F-15 fighter jets and the country's land-based "Hyunmoo" ballistic missiles and that the released live weapons "accurately struck" a target in the sea off the country's eastern coast.
The JCS says that the target was set considering the distance to where the North's test site was and the exercise was aimed at practising precision strikes and cutting off reinforcements.
The news comes after North Korea conducted its sixth and most powerful nuclear test on Sunday.
The test triggered an 6.3-magnitude artificial quake - ten times larger than any of North Korea's previous attempts.
It was seen as a direct challenge to Trump, who has vowed to stop North Korea developing nuclear weapons that could threaten the United States.
Hours after the test, US President took to Twitter, writing: "North Korea has conducted a major Nuclear Test. Their words and actions continue to be very hostile and dangerous to the United States.
"North Korea is a rogue nation which has become a great threat and embarrassment to China, which is trying to help but with little success."
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He then added: "South Korea is finding, as I have told them, that their talk of appeasement with North Korea will not work, they only understand one thing!"
In response to the rogue nation's nuke test - the United Nations Security Council is to hold an emergency meeting following requests from the UK, US, Japan, France and South Korea.
