Former Vice President Joe Biden attacked President Donald Trump over his chummy relationship with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, who recently unveiled a new, larger ICBM.
Japan is buying expensive American F-35 stealth fighters capable of short takeoff and vertical landing and converting a pair of helicopter carriers for them.
The launches were North Korea's sixth round of tests since late July, revealing a new rocket artillery system and two short-range mobile ballistic missile systems that could strike targets throughout South Korea, including U.S. bases there.