North Korea fired several alleged cruise missiles towards the Japan Sea or the East Sea on Tuesday, the South Korean military reported.
"Several missiles" that are said to be "short-range cruise missiles" were fired from the eastern city of Munchon, the South Korean army general staff said in a statement.
Hard-to-detect missiles
In recent years, North Korea, an atomic bomb country, has fired numerous ballistic missiles, missiles propelled very high in the air and which fall at a very fast speed towards their target due to the gravity . Cruise missiles, for their part, remain at low altitude, sometimes only a few meters from the surface, which makes them more difficult to detect.
They require very sophisticated guidance systems in order to reach their target. "South Korea and the American intelligence services are closely analyzing the questions relating to" the shooting, said the South Korean Joint Staff. Pyongyang is subject to multiple sanctions from the United Nations Security Council to force it to give up its banned nuclear and ballistic programs.
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