North Korea fired a pair of ballistic missiles toward South Korea on Sunday, marking its first weapons test in a month. Japanese officials said the missiles landed near its waters.
fired a pair of ballistic missiles toward its eastern waters on Sunday, marking its first weapons test in a month. The launch comes two days after the country claimed it has performed a key test needed to build a more mobile, powerful intercontinental ballistic missile designed to hit the U.S. mainland.said two North Korean ballistic missiles launched from the Tongchang-ri area were detected by its military, according to the Associated Press.
Flags of North Korea, rear, and South Korea, front, flutter in the wind as pictured from the border area between two Koreas in Paju, South Korea. On Friday, North Korea said it tested a"high-thrust solid-fuel motor" for a new strategic weapon in the Sohar facility on Thursday. Experts have said the development could allow the country to have a more mobile, harder-to-detect arsenal of intercontinental ballistic missiles that can reach the U.S. mainland, according to the AP.
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