South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff say the military is on high alert and the country's intelligence agency is working with its US counterpart to analyse the specifics of the launch.
This photo, provided by the North Korean government, shows what it says is a cruise missile the country launched from a submarine.abc.net.au/news/north-korea-launches-missiles-submarine-us-south-korean-drill/102088440Nuclear-armed North Korea has test fired two strategic cruise missiles from a submarine, state news agency KCNA said, as US-South Korea military drills were due to begin.
On Monday, South Korean and US troops were scheduled to begin 11 days of joint drills, dubbed Freedom Shield 23, which will be held on a scale not seen since 2017. Sunday's firing was the North's first underwater missile launches since it test fired a weapon from a silo under an inland reservoir last October.Kim orders intensified drills
The missiles travelled about 1,500 kilometres before hitting a target in the sea, the KCNA report said.
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