South Korea and the U.S. fired missiles Tuesday into the former’s territorial waters as part of a military exercise after North Korea test-launched an intercontinental ballistic missile, DoD News reported Wedneday.

Navy Capt. Jeff Davis, a spokesman for the Defense Department, told reporters that service personnel used South Korea’s Hyunmoo II missiles and the eight U.S. Army’s Tactical Missile System during the exercise.

Davis noted that the U.S. tracked for 37 minutes the ICBM that took off from North Korea’s Banghyon airfield and landed in the sea of Japan.

“We strongly condemn this act by North Korea… It is escalatory [and] destabilizing,” Davis added.

Reuters also reported that the U.S. prefers to pursue diplomatic action in response to North Korea’s ICBM test but is prepared to use its military forces to put an end to the East Asian country’s nuclear missile program.

Nikki Haley, U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, said Wednesday at a U.N. Security Council meeting that China should initiate actions to control North Korea.

Haley also cited possible sanctions against North Korea in response to its ICBM test and those include imposing maritime and air restrictions, limiting the supply of oil to the country’s weapons programs and cutting off main sources of hard currency to the country, the report added.

The Defense Department‘s inspector general has called on the U.S. Army’s vice chief of staff to provide new equipment training to pilots that operate Sikorsky-built H-60 Black Hawk helicopters.

The Army Aviation and Missile Command should collaborate with the Army Forces Command to facilitate compliance with guidelines on airframe condition evaluation among H-60 unit commanders and identify helicopters that did not undergo review during the evaluation period, DoD IG said in a report published June 27.

The IG made the recommendations after it found that the Army failed to offer adequate funds and training to helicopter pilots on the new equipment.

The report said the service needs $152.9 million in additional funds to support equipment training of 1,390 Black Hawk pilots from fiscal 2018 through fiscal 2035.

The Army National Guard could face a shortage of 160 trained aviators by fiscal 2026 if the military branch fails to initiate actions on new equipment training.

The service branch also failed to evaluate the airframe condition of 460 H-60 helicopters between March 1, 2016 and Feb. 28, 2017.

The IG also urged the Project Management Utility Helicopters to appoint a manager to oversee training on H-60M and H-60V equipment.

The governments of U.S., U.K. and Norway have agreed to establish a trilateral partnership on the operation of Boeing-built P-8A maritime patrol aircraft, Defense News reported Monday.

The Defense Department said the three countries have formed a statement of intent to create guiding principles for a trilateral P-8A coalition and lay down a framework “for further cooperation in areas such as readiness, enhancing defense capability and interoperability.”

A DoD official told Defense News that the partnership has not been finalized and that areas of cooperation could include operations in the North Atlantic, information sharing and co-location of maintenance and training assets.

The U.K. seeks to procure nine P-8A aircraft while Norway looks to buy five copies of the P-8A platform.

USNI News reported Friday some naval analysts believe the three countries plan to boost joint anti-submarine warfare operations in response to Russia’s submarine activities in the North Atlantic.

Bryan Clark, an analyst at the Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments, told USNI News the agreement could allow for sharing of airfields, maintenance facilities and equipment.

Secretary of State Rex Tillerson has called on countries to launch a global action in response to North Korea’s efforts to advance nuclear weapons, Reuters reported Tuesday.

“All nations should publicly demonstrate to North Korea that there are consequences to their pursuit of nuclear weapons,” Tillerson said.

His statement comes after North Korea test-launched Tuesday an intercontinental ballistic missile designed to carry a nuclear warhead.

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said the test concluded the East Asian country’s strategic weapons capability that includes ICBMs, hydrogen and atomic bombs and that his government would not drop those weapons until the U.S. cancels its policy against North Korea, according to North Korea’s state news agency KCNA.

KCNA noted the ICBM – Hwasong-14 – flew at a range of 580 miles and at an altitude of 1,741 miles during its 39-minute flight test.

U.S. and South Korea also performed a ballistic missile test to demonstrate capability against North Korea.

The United Nations Security Council will conduct an emergency meeting Wednesday at 3 p.m. Eastern time in response to the call of the U.S., South Korea and Japan.

North Korea’s ICBM test comes days before state leaders meet this week for the G20 summit in Germany, the report added.