South Korea said it was conducting a nighttime drill with ballistic missiles when one failed shortly after launch.
display of military force that went wrong in a blaze of burning rocket fuel.Korea said it was conducting a nighttime drill with Hyunmoo-2C short-range ballistics when one failed shortly after launch and hit the ground inside the base in Gangneung, on South Korea’s east coast.was carrying a warhead, but it wasn’t armed and didn’t explode, and there were no casualties, a military official told a briefing.
A video that Kim shared on social media went viral overnight, and other residents chimed in with concerns and fears amid silence from military authorities.Another said their house was shaken by the blast, and a third said they evacuated, thinking a landslide was headed for their home.Korea, military training is often conducted near communities, sparking some protests.
The 24-hour disaster management office in Gangneung told Reuters that it had received several calls from worriedAn official with the agency said the military had confirmed it was conducting a drill, but did not explain the fire, and no city firefighers were called to the base.Korea daytime drill in June in response to other North“I’ve never experienced such an accident in my years having been born and raised here,” said Kim, 43.
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