North Korea launched during the early hours of this Sunday morning (local time) two short-range ballistic missiles to the Sea of Japan (called the East Sea in Korea), the South Korean Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) announced.
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It is the seventh launch in two weeks carried out by the North Korean regime and comes after the conclusion of naval exercises in waters around the Korean peninsula in which a US nuclear-powered aircraft carrier has participated, whose presence in the area has been criticized by Pyongyang.
North Korea said, according to a statement released Saturday, that its recent missile tests are a measure of “self-defense” against the United States.
The test was detected by the South Korean authorities and also the Japanese, who pointed out that it would have involved the launch of two projectiles around the 1:40 local time on Sunday (16:40 GMT on Saturday) and 1:50according to information from the Ministry of Defense collected by the public network NHK.
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The projectiles were short-range, according to the South Korean military, which is still discussing details of the launch with its allies, the local Yonhap news agency reported.
Both missiles may have landed in waters outside the Japanese exclusive economic zone (EEZ), no damage has been detected in ships that could be found in the area where they fellaccording to the Japanese Coast Guard.
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North Korean missile launches have intensified since the USS Ronald Reagan aircraft carrier arrived in the area and his strike group to participate in joint exercises with South Korea and also Japan.
This morning’s launch comes after Pyongyang fired two short-range missiles on the 6th. This is the 25th test of the Asian country so far this year and the seventh in the last two weeks.
EFE
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