North Korea fired ballistic missiles again

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North Korea fired two short-range ballistic missiles on Monday morning local time, South Korea’s military chief of staff said. The missiles, fired from an area south of Pyongyang, traveled 370 kilometers before crashing into the sea outside Japan’s exclusive economic zone.

According to the Japanese military, they were flying on an “irregular” flight path at an altitude of no more than 50 kilometers.

This is how the Japanese military previously characterized the North Korean solid-propellant missile, which was designed on the model of the Russian Iskander missile system, specifically to fly low and evade South Korean missile defenses. North Korea has another similar short-range system that resembles the US MGM-140 tactical missile system.

The launch of the two missiles was timed one day before the arrival of the American aircraft carrier USS Nimitz in Busan, South Korea. According to a statement from Seoul’s Ministry of Defense, the USS Nimitz participated in a joint exercise with South Korean warships in international waters on Monday before departing for Busan.

In March, North Korea carried out its seventh missile test, including the one on Monday.

The South Korean and Japanese militaries condemned Monday’s test as a provocation that threatens regional peace and seriously violates UN Security Council resolutions. The United States and South Korea completed large-scale joint spring military exercises last week.

(MTI)

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