North Korea fired three ballistic missiles after US President Joe Biden returned from a visit to South Korea and Japan.
The Joint Chiefs of Staff announced today (25th) that North Korea fired a ballistic missile from the Sunan area in Pyongyang around 6:37 am, 6:42 am.
It fired three new shots in a row in 42 minutes.
The Joint Chiefs of Staff said, "The flight range of the first ballistic missile (ICBM estimated) launched this time was about 360 km, and the altitude was about 540 km, and the second ballistic missile was lost at an altitude of about 20 km."
He added, "The third ballistic missile (SRBM estimated) has a flight distance of about 760 km and an altitude of about 60 km," he added.
South Korea and the United States military authorities have launched a combined surface-to-surface missile launch, particularly in response to North Korean armed provocations.
The South Korean military's Hyunmoo 2 and the US military's A-Tae Kims each fired one each into the East Sea to counter the North Korean provocation.
The joint response between South Korea and the United States is the first in about 4 years and 10 months since July 2017.
Air Force fighters were deployed on the runway to conduct 'Elephant Walk' training.
The North Korean provocation took place the day after President Biden left Japan yesterday afternoon, who visited South Korea and Japan one after the other from the 20th to yesterday.
Inside North Korea, the funeral of the recently deceased Hyeon Chol-hae is over, and as the spread of Corona 19 is claiming to be in a real phase, there are interpretations that it is a full-fledged provocation.
(Photo = Chosun Central News, Yonhap News)