North Korea launched two ballistic missiles into the sea near Japan, ratcheting up tensions just days after testing a long-range cruise missile
North Korea fired a pair of ballistic missiles that landed in the sea off its east coast, according to officials in South Korea and Japan, just days after itJapan's defence ministry said late on Wednesday the missiles had landed inside Japan's exclusive economic zone , contradicting earlier government comments that they fell outside its waters.
The missiles were fired just after 12:30 p.m. , flying 800 km to a maximum altitude of 60 km , the JCS reported.The United States condemned North Korea's missile launch, saying it was in violation of multiple U.N. Security Council resolutions and posed a threat to Pyongyang's neighbours, a State Department spokesperson said, without mentioning South Korea's tests.The U.S.
South Korea has been splurging on a range of new military systems, including ballistic missiles, submarines and its first aircraft carrier. It has a stated policy of non-proliferation of nuclear weapons and a nuclear-free Korean peninsula.People watch a TV broadcasting file footage of a news report on North Korea firing what appeared to be a pair of ballistic missiles off its east coast, in Seoul, South Korea, September 15, 2021.
"Enhancing our missile capability is exactly what's needed as deterrence against North Korea's provocation," he said, while stressing that the SLBM test had been planned and was not in response to the North's launches.In a statement carried by state media, Kim Yo Jong, the powerful sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, criticised Moon's speech, saying his talk of North Korean provocations was inappropriate.
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