North Korea's state media confirms it fired two projectiles from a multiple rocket launcher, aiming at targets 395 kilometers and 337 kilometers away, respectively.
North Korea’s state media confirmed it fired two projectiles from a multiple rocket launcher, aiming at targets 395 kilometers and 337 kilometers away, respectively.
Japan’s Defense Ministry said the two ballistic missiles, fired around 2200 GMT, reached a maximum altitude of about 100 km and 50 km, travelling a distance of about 350-400 km before falling outside Japan’s EEZ.In a statement, the ministry said it would continue to gather and analyse information in close cooperation with the United States.
“We are carefully examining the influence it would exert on the security of our state,” she said in a statement. “The frequency of using the Pacific as our firing range depends upon the U.S. forces’ action character.”
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