South Korea’s military says North Korea fired a projectile toward the sea
- North Korea fired an unidentified projectile toward the East Sea on Monday, South Korea's military reported, adding to a recent streak of weapons demonstrations.
- The latest launch follows an earlier test from the Wonsan area where North Korea fired a ballistic missile, an event overseen by leader Kim Jong-un.
- According to the Korean Central News Agency, Kim Jong-un oversaw the intermediate-range strategic missile launch as part of efforts to train troops operating the "hypersonic strategic weapon system."
- The Joint Chiefs of Staff detected the launch but did not immediately identify whether the weapon was a ballistic missile or disclose flight distance.
- South Korea's military forces were previously positioned in Paju near the border with North, underscoring regional military readiness amid the ongoing weapons demonstrations.
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North Korea launches multiple ballistic missiles, South Korea says - Regional Media News
By Heejin Kim and Joyce Lee SEOUL, Oct 12 (Reuters) - North Korea fired multiple ballistic missiles toward the sea off its east coast on Monday, South Korea's military said, in its latest weapons test amid rising tensions on the Korean Peninsula. The missiles were [...]
North Korean fire, announced on Monday by the South Korean army, comes in a few days after Seoul tried out its first hypersonic missile system North Korea fired "several ballistic missiles" towards the Japanese Sea, said the South Korean army on Monday. "Our army detected several ballistic missiles from the Pyongyang area towards the East Sea at around 9:20 a.m. (0:20 a.m. GMT)," said the South Korean Joint Staff in a press release, using the Ko…
The launch took place a few days after South Korea conducted the first test launch of the hypersonic planetarium.
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