The headquarters of the armed forces of South Korea said today, Thursday, that North Korea launched a ballistic missile in the direction of the East Sea.
The Yonhap News Agency said the South Korean army is conducting an analysis to find out the type of missile, the distance it has traveled and other information.
Today’s missile launch came after North Korean leader Kim Jong-un stressed “the importance of expanding deterrence capabilities to limit the outbreak of war in a more offensive manner and use it more effectively” at a meeting of the ruling party’s Central Military Commission last Tuesday, Yonhap reports. corresponding April 11th.
And Yonhap said that a photo of Kim was seen at the meeting and he was apparently pointing his finger at the US military base at Pyeongtaek, south of Seoul, while he stood next to a map of military operations with the main targets in South Korea.
The launch of this ballistic missile took place today, 17 days after North Korea launched a short-range ballistic missile that it said exploded 500 meters in the air.
Source: “Yonhap”