North Korea fires two more ballistic missiles, seventh launch in two weeks
People watch a news broadcast showing file footage of a North Korean missile test
South Korea's military said that North Korea fired two ballistic missiles in the early hours of Sunday (local time), a day after the joint Seoul-Washington naval exercise, involving a U.S. aircraft carrierwas wrapped up,reported Yonhap. This is the latest in a series of launches from North Korea amid tensions over US-led military exercises.
The South Korean military's joint chiefs of staff announced the launches from the southeast of the country -- the seventh in two weeks.
“The missiles were launched from the Munchon area in Gangwon Province between 1.48 a.m. and 1:58 a.m., and they flew at top speeds of Mach 5,” Yonhap reported JCS as saying.
Observers in Seoul said that given the distance and altitude, the projectiles are presumed to be "super-large caliber" missiles, fired from a multiple rocket launch system, known as the KN-25, it added.
"While strengthening our monitoring and vigilance, our military is maintaining a full readiness posture in close cooperation with the United States," the joint chiefs of staff said, Yonhap reported.
According to a Reuters report which cited Japan's defence minister Toshiro Ino sayingboth missiles reached an altitude of 100 kilometres and covered a range of 350 kilometres,
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On Saturday, North Korea defended its latest series of missile tests. It said that the missile launches were a counter to US military threats.
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The Japanese prime minister's office also confirmed at least one of Sunday's launches on Twitter.
"North Korea has launched a suspected ballistic missile. More updates to follow," the office said.
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The missiles, fired toward the East Sea, also known as the Sea of Japan, seem to have fallen outside Japan's exclusive economic zone, the Kyodo news agency reported the Japanese government as saying.
NHK reported that coast guard had not had received any reports of damage to Japanese ships.
Sunday's launches were the latest in a flurry that included an intermediate-range ballistic missile fired Tuesday over Japan, prompting an alert for people in affected areas underneath to take cover.
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On Thursday, North Korea fired two ballistic missiles. This missile launch took place the same day Seoul, Tokyo and Washington carried out fresh exercises involving a US navy destroyer from the USS Ronald Reagan aircraft carrier's strike group.
(With inputs from agencies)
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