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North Korea released the details of the military operation last week in response to the South Korea-U.S. joint air exercise.

There were many things different from what our military had detected, including the missile being fired off the coast of Ulsan, but the military said that North Korea was lying.



This is Ahn Jung-shik, a reporter specializing in North Korea.



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a press release in the name of the General Staff, North Korea claimed that it had launched a cruise missile off the coast of Ulsan on the 2nd, during the Vigilant Storm exercise.



[Chosun Central TV: In North Hamgyeong Province, two strategic cruise missiles struck in retaliatory strikes in the high seas, 80 km in front of Ulsan.]



On the day the missiles were launched in the East Sea area south of the NLL for the first time since division, the South Korean military fired a counterattack The missile was fired off the coast of Ulsan.



The military said it was groundless.



[Kim Jun-rak/Director of Joint Chiefs of Staff: North Korea's claim is not true.

So far, nothing has been captured or detected by our military.] It



is an explanation that the possibility that the ROK-U.S. joint assets will fail to detect while flying to the sea off Ulsan is extremely slim.



North Korea made a different claim to the South Korean military's evaluation of the failure of the Hwasong-17 ICBM launch on the 3rd.



They released photos of what appeared to be an improved or new medium-range missile of the Hwasong-15, and claimed that it was a test to paralyze the enemy's communication system by generating electromagnetic waves from an aerial explosion.



The military also dismissed this.



[Kim Jun-rak / Chief of Public Affairs Office of the Joint Chiefs of Staff: We are paying attention to (North Korea) not reporting about the abnormal (proper) flight of the ICBM.

(The failure of the Hwasong-17) The evaluation result of our military has not changed so far.]



On the 4th, about 180 North Korean military aircraft were caught in motion, North Korea claimed that it was a sortie of 500 fighters, but the military has no basis. reaction.



North Korea disclosed the contents of the announcement, such as the Rodong Sinmun, where residents can see it, and it seems likely that the North Korean military's activities were exaggerated for publicity purposes.



[Chosun Central TV: Demonstrating clear confidence in the military capabilities of the Republic's armed forces.]



The military authorities said that they were analyzing the remnants of missiles that North Korea fired into the region south of the NLL were collected in the East Sea and are being thoroughly analyzed.



(Video coverage: Han Il-sang, video editing: Kim Jong-mi)