The South Korean military announced on Saturday that North Korea had fired four short-range ballistic missiles into the sea.
The South Korean Joint Chiefs of Staff said in a statement that the South Korean army detected the launch of missiles “from Tongrim, North Pyongan Province (west), towards the West Sea today, around 11:32 a.m. and before 11:59 a.m. , “using another name for the sea. yellow.
The South Korean military said the North Korean missiles flew about 130 km at an altitude of 20 km with a maximum speed of Mach 5.
It comes after North Korea fired three ballistic missiles into Japanese territorial waters, shortly after it criticized Seoul and Washington’s decision to extend their joint air exercises in the region.
Source: Yonhap + AFP