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Captain Ron9/14/2020 1:49:47 am PDT

In response to Pyongyang’s test of its first intercontinental ballistic missile capable of reaching the US on July 4, 2017, retired Gen. Vincent Brooks, who headed US Forces Korea from 2016 to 2018, ordered troops to fire a tactical missile that traveled 186 miles (300 kilometers) before dropping into the East Sea, according to Woodward’s “Rage,” a revelatory book about the presidency of Donald Trump set for release Tuesday.

“That was the exact distance between the launching point of the US missile and the North Korean missile test site, as well as a tent where satellite photos showed Kim Jong-un was watching the missile launch,” Woodward wrote, according to excerpts obtained by Yonhap News Agency.

“The meaning was meant to be clear: Kim Jong-un needed to worry about his personal safety,” Woodward said, adding that it was never confirmed whether the North had gotten the message.

Following its ICBM test the North upped the provocation, launching a more powerful ICBM on July 28 and another ballistic missile over Japan on Aug. 29, which Woodward describes as a “clear escalation” that “changed the character of the threat.”