North Korea yesterday fired multiple suspected short-range ballistic missiles toward its eastern waters, South Korea’s military said, the latest in a series of weapons launches.
South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff in a statement said that it detected the launches from North Korea’s capital region, but gave no further details, such as how far the weapons flew.
It said South Korea has strengthened its surveillance posture, and maintains a firm readiness in coordination with the US and Japan.
Photo: EPA-EFE / South Korea’s Joint Chief of Staff
Japan also confirmed the launches, with the office of Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida instructing officials to employ maximum efforts to gather information and ensure the safety of aircraft and vessels, a statement released on social media said.
North Korea has been maintaining an accelerated pace in weapons testing as it continues to expand its military capabilities amid stalemated diplomacy with the US and South Korea.
North Korea on Saturday announced that it tested a “super-large” cruise missile warhead and a new anti-aircraft missile in a western coastal area the previous day.
Earlier this month, North Korea also test-launched what it called a solid-fuel intermediate-range missile with hypersonic warhead capabilities, a weapon that experts say is meant to attack remote enemy targets in the US Pacific territory of Guam and beyond.
In response to North Korea’s evolving nuclear threats, the US and South Korea have been strengthening their bilateral military drills and trilateral exercises with Japan.
The chairman of South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff, Admiral Kim Myung-soo, yesterday met with General Stephen Whiting, commander of US Space Command, for discussions on countering North Korean threats, the South Korean military said.
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