North Korea has launched one other missile in an obvious response to US-South Korean army drills that its state media is depicting as an invasion rehearsal.
Japan’s protection ministry and coast guard mentioned what seemed to be a North Korean missile was fired on Sunday morning and got here down within the sea. They gave no additional particulars.
South Korea’s Yonhap information company cited the South’s army as saying the ballistic missile plunged into waters to the east of the divided peninsula.
The launch, if confirmed, could be the North’s third spherical of weapons checks because the US and South Korea started their joint army drills final week.
The North views the drills as an invasion apply run, rejecting US and South Korean assurances that the coaching is of a purely defensive nature.
The most recent US-South Korean drills, which embrace pc simulations and area workouts, will proceed till Thursday.
The North Korean weapons just lately examined embrace its longest-range Hwasong-17 intercontinental ballistic missile designed to strike the US mainland.
The North’s state media quoted chief Kim Jong-un as saying the ICBM launch was meant to “strike concern into the enemies”.
– with AAP
