South Korea says it has carried out a successful test of a submarine-launched ballistic missile, hours after North Korea fired two ballistic missiles off its east coast.
The underwater-launched ballistic missile test makes South Korea only the eighth country known to have developed such a weapon, joining its rival to the north, as well as the United States, Russia, China, Britain, France and India. It is the first country without nuclear weapons to have an SLBM.
Moon said improvements in the country’s missile capabilities would serve as “a sure deterrence against North Korean provocation.” Hours earlier, North Korea launched two ballistic missiles from the Yangduk area of South Pyongan province, South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff said in a statement. The missiles flew about 500 miles into the sea off the east coast of the Korean Peninsula, it said.
"This is simply outrageous," he said, adding that the missiles had fallen outside Japan's exclusive economic zone but that the government would monitor the area"more closely than ever."The U.S. military's Indo-Pacific Command said it was aware of North Korea's missile launch and"consulting closely with our allies and partners."
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