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North Korea fired a ballistic missile into the East Sea today (2nd), the Joint Chiefs of Staff said.
Military authorities are analyzing specifications such as range, altitude, and speed.
South Korea and the United States have been conducting a large-scale joint aerial exercise called “Vigilant Storm” by mobilizing 240 F-35A and F-35B stealth fighters for five days starting from the 31st of last month, so it is possible that North Korea provoked it as an excuse.
The Los Angeles-class nuclear-powered submarine Key West (SSN-722, 6,000t class) entered the port of Busan, and North Korea carried out provocations regardless of the deployment of US strategic assets.
Park Jeong-cheon, vice chairman of the Central Military Commission of the Workers' Party of Korea, threatened this morning that South Korea and the United States would pay a "terrible price" if the U.S. and South Korea use force against North Korea.
In a statement from a spokesperson for the North Korean Foreign Ministry yesterday, "The Vigilant Storm started again just a few days after the large-scale outdoor maneuvering exercise 'patriotism' was held in South Korea." We will consider strengthening next steps.”
North Korea fired two short-range ballistic missiles during the day on the 28th, after the launch of the Iskander (KN-23) ballistic missile, presumed to be a North Korean version of the ballistic missile, on the morning of the 14th of last month. I have one.
It resumed ballistic missile launches after five days.
North Korea has continued low-intensity armed protests by provoking artillery fire in a way that violates the 9/19 military agreement, five times a day on the 14th of last month, three times from the 18th to the 19th, and once on the 24th.
North Korea has fired 26 ballistic missiles this year and has launched cruise missiles three times.
It is the 15th missile launch since the inauguration of the Yun Seok-yeol government.