The launch of the “illegal” North Korean missiles was denounced by the European Union on Saturday, and the EU urged a “uniformed and forceful response” from all nations, including the use of sanctions.
A statement issued by the European Union Foreign Affairs official, Josep Borrell, said that the bloc is the “unprecedented” missile number that was launched and includes an intercontinental and short -range ballistic missile “a dangerous escalation” by Pyongyang.
He called “all the member states of the United Nations, especially the UN Security Council members, to ensure the full application of sanctions to prevent the People’s Democratic Republic of Korea from obtaining materials, experience and financing to support its illegal armed programs. ”
According to the South Korean army, North Korea shot four short-range ballistic missiles toward the sea on Saturday. This was Pyongyang’s most recent missile launch this week.
An ICBM and a missile that landed close to South Korean territorial seas for the first time since the conclusion of the Korean War in 1953 were launched by North Korea on Wednesday and Thursday.
The launch of the missiles coincides with the largest-ever joint air exercises between the US and South Korea, which Pyongyang deemed “provocative and threatening” and which provoked the missile launch.
“Today at around 11:32 am till 11:59 am, the South Korean army tracked four short-range ballistic missile launches by North Korea from Tonerim, in the northern province of Pyongan (west), towards the Sea of the West.
“The speed was about 5 Mach and the distance was roughly 130 km at a height of about 20 km.” Five times the speed of sound, this speed.
The staff said that further analyses of launch data are being done by American and South Korean intelligence.
The United States and South Korea have responded by extending their largest air manoeuvres until Saturday after North Korea threatened that missile launches may be a lead-up to a nuclear test.
The “Vigilant Storm” joint drills were mostly set up this week from Monday through Friday.
In reaction to joint US-Korean US air exercises, which Pyongyang views as preparation for an invasion of its land, Pyongyang increased the pace of missile launch activities.
North Korean missiles are condemned by the European Union.
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