Japan's Defense Ministry announces North Korea's launch of two solid-propellant ballistic missiles

“The details are still being analyzed, but the maximum flight altitude of these missiles was 50 km,” the report says.

As noted, "based on the usual ballistic trajectory, the missiles flew a distance of about 300 km."

The Japanese Ministry of Defense confirmed that the missiles fell into the sea outside the exclusive economic zone of Japan off the east coast of the DPRK.

Earlier it was reported that North Korea on Monday, January 17, conducted a test launch of tactical guided missiles.

In addition, on the morning of January 17, the Japanese Coast Guard informed about the next launch by North Korea, presumably, of a ballistic missile towards the Sea of ​​Japan.

According to a Kyodo agency source in the government, the rocket fell outside the country's exclusive economic zone.