North Korea has fired multiple ballistic rockets into the ocean off its east drift. The dispatches on Friday expand on growing pressures between the U.S. what’s more, the separated country as of late.
U.S. Pacific Command said it had followed three short-go ballistic rocket dispatches that “did not represent a risk to North America,” two of which seemed to flop in flight. Authorities said another rocket “seems to have exploded very quickly.”
President Donald Trump has been advised on the dispatch.
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South Korea’s military notes the projectiles flew more than 150 miles, and added it was still analyzing the development, according to Yonhap.
North Korea’s state-run KCNA news agency said the country had conducted a “target-striking contest” on Saturday morning local time under the direction of Kim, according to a translation of a news release, although it was unclear if the contest was related to the day’s military test.
The launches come days after the U.S. and South Korea began the 10-day Ulchi Freedom Guardian military exercises, an annual joint military drill the two countries have held in some form for more than half a century. While the simulated war exercise is intended to help establish defense techniques for a potential attack, North Korea views the drills as confrontational.
