North Korea Launches Two More Missiles In Its Second Test

The “unidentified” projectiles were fired from the eastern coast of the country into the Sea of ​​Japan. Pyongyang launched short-range missiles to provoke the United States, according to “The Washington Post .” North Korea features one of the largest intercontinental missiles in the world .

North Korea fired two “unidentified” projectiles from its eastern coast towards the Sea of ​​Japan on Wednesday , the South Korean army reported, while the Japanese government indicated that it could be two ballistic missiles.

After a first and concise statement in which it barely provided details, the South Korean Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) expanded the information stating that “North Korea fired two unidentified projectiles from South Hamgyong province this morning” and that Seoul and Washington they are “analyzing additional information.”

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un visits a military unit on an island in the north of the country with his sister Kim Yo-jong, in a picture taken on March 12, 2015.

Pyongyang launched short-range missiles to provoke the US, according to ‘The Washington Post’
For their part, the Japanese authorities said that the test took place around 7.09 local time on Thursday (22.09 GMT on Tuesday) and that the projectiles did not land in their territorial waters.

This is the regime’s second weapons test in a week after testing two cruise missiles last Sunday at a time marked by North Korean pressure to resume the denuclearization dialogue while Washington conducts a review of its strategy to deal with North Korea.

Japanese authorities believe that the weapons test included two missiles and that they would have been short-range ballistic projectiles, an executive officer told local media before an emergency meeting of the Defense Ministry.

“We are analyzing all the available information and trying to confirm the maritime and air safety in our territory,” said the Prime Minister of Japan, Yoshihide Suga, who also noted that the Executive “has prepared to take all possible measures in response to the situation”.

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The last time North Korea tested projectiles with a ballistic trajectory was on March 29 last year, when it conducted tests with the so-called KN-25 system, described by the North Korean regime as a “super large” multiple rocket launcher.

However, the size and range (they have a range of more than 300 kilometers) of the projectiles that this system fires, which could have been tested again this Thursday, causes them to be classified as short-range ballistic missiles (SRBM) and not like an artillery piece.

Based on a self-imposed moratorium to facilitate dialogue with the United States, North Korea has not tested ICBMs since November 2017 and its last nuclear test dates from September of that year.