North Korea fires multiple ballistic missiles toward east coast amid rising regional tensions

North Korea on Monday fired multiple ballistic missiles toward its eastern waters, South Korea’s military said, adding to a recent streak of weapons demonstrations that has heightened tensions during a prolonged freeze in diplomacy. South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff said the missiles were fired from an area around the North Korean capital of Pyongyang, where the country has used its airport as a major launch site in recent years. The joint chiefs did not immediately specify how many missiles they detected or how far they flew. Japan’s Defense Ministry said it detected at least two missiles and assessed that the weapons landed in waters outside the country’s exclusive economic zone. The launch came days after South Korea on Friday flight-tested its first domestically developed hypersonic weapon, designed to fly at least five times the speed of sound and evade missile defense systems, which President Lee Jae Myung described as an important step in strengthening the South’s conventional defense capabilities. While maintaining a hard line toward Seoul, North Korea has been rampi

Missiles fired from near Pyongyang in latest weapons test amid rising tensions

North Korea fired multiple ballistic missiles off its east coast on Monday, South Korea’s military said, amid tensions over border landmine explosions that injured three South Korean soldiers last month. Seoul said the missiles were launched from Pyongyang and increased surveillance, while Japan confirmed at least one suspected ballistic missile.

While maintaining a hard line toward Seoul, North Korea has been ramping up weapons testing as it seeks to expand its arsenal of nuclear-capable systems

South Korea’s military says North Korea fired at least one projectile toward its eastern waters, adding to a recent streak in weapons demonstrations

North Korea has fired a projectile - believed to be a ballistic missile - toward its eastern waters, adding to a recent streak in weapons demonstrations.

North Korea has fired a projectile - believed to be a ballistic missile - toward its eastern waters, adding to a recent streak in weapons demonstrations.

The launch follows Pyongyang’s test-firing of a ballistic missile earlier this month, which it said used artificial intelligence technology.

North Korea fired an unidentified projectile toward the East Sea on Monday, South Korea's military said. The Joint Chiefs of Staff said it detected the launch, without elaborating. The latest launch came after the North fired one ballistic missile from the Wonsan area toward the East Sea on Oct. 3. North Korean state media reported the following day that its leader Kim Jong-un oversaw the launch of an intermediate-range strategic missile as part of efforts to train missile troops operating the "hypersonic strategic weapon system."

North Korea has fired an unidentified projectile off its east coast, Seoul’s military said on Monday. “North Korea fires unidentified projectile into the East Sea,” the Joint Chiefs of Staff said in a brief statement, referring to the body of water also known as the Sea of Japan. The launch follows Pyongyang’s test-firing of a ballistic missile earlier this month that it said incorporated artificial intelligence technology. That missile, fired on October 3, “is capable of changing its flight...

North Korea fired an unidentified projectile off its east coast, South Korea’s military said on Monday.

South Korea’s military says North Korea fired at least one projectile toward the sea, adding to a recent streak in weapons demonstrations

SEOUL, Oct. 12 (Yonhap) -- North Korea fired an unidentified projectile toward t...

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SEOUL — 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 fired at around 9:20 a.m. local time (0020 GMT) from near Pyongyang, South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff said. Earlier, […] The post North Korea launches multiple ballistic missiles, South Korea says appeared first on Interaksyon.