According to the South Korean army, North Korea launched an unidentified ballistic missile toward the ocean on Friday.
The day before, Pyongyang reported that it had fired a long-range cruise missile on Wednesday as part of an experiment personally overseen by Chairman Kim Jong Un.
The recent missile launches by Pyongyang were described as tactical nuclear drills that simulated control of South Korean airports and military installations.
According to the South Korean Chiefs of Staff, who were quoted by Yonhap, they had watched the missile launch on Friday morning from Pyongyang’s Sonan region.
The Chief of Staff noted that “our army maintains a thorough state of readiness in close cooperation with the United States,” but he did not provide any additional information regarding the missile.
Roughly two hours prior to the ballistic missile launch, the Chief of Staff, according to Yonhap, stated that about 12 North Korean aeroplanes were flying near to the South Korean border. This prompted Seoul to send fighters, including F-35A fighters, to intercept the aircraft.
Within a week, there have been two accidents involving combat warriors between these two nations.
These changes occur while military tensions on the peninsula are rising as a result of Pyongyang’s use of a number of weapons systems.
The Yonhap Agency quoted the Chief of the Joint Chiefs of Staff of South Korea that 10 fighters were monitored while flying at a distance of 25 km north of the border between the two Koreas, between 22:30 of Thursday night and 00:20 from Friday dawn local time, bypassing the line that automatically activates in response to the South.
According to Yonhap from the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Seoul supplied military aircraft, including the fighting F-35A.
For its part, North Korea accused Friday (local time) Seoul of carrying out a “provocative work” near their joint borders and said that the South Korean army “raises a military tension,” official media reported.
The South Korean army “fired artillery fire for almost ten hours near the advanced defence area of the Fifth Corps of the Korean People’s Army,” according to a North Korean army official.
In reaction to “provocative behaviour,” he continued, the North Korean army “launched powerful counter-military actions.”
The Popular Korean Army “directs a strong warning to the South Korean army, which creates a military tension in the confrontation line area,” according to Pyongyang’s official news agency.
North Korea keeps firing out ballistic missiles.
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