North Korea fired two ballistic missiles from its east coast, as Kim Jong Un’s sister warned that “using the Pacific as our firing area”
According to Japan’s coast guard, the missiles were fired on Monday morning local time. They fell into the ocean outside Japan’s exclusive Economic Zone.
No reports were received of any damage to vessels or aircraft.
Japan’s defense ministry stated that the missile launches “threaten peace and security in Japan, the region and the international community”.
North Korea’s state media KCNA confirmed that it had fired two projectiles at targets 245 and 209 miles distant.
It stated that the multi-launcher used in firing…is a tactical nuclear weapon capable of “paralysing an enemy airfield.”
This incident occurs just two days after North Korea launched an intercontinental missile in the sea off Japan’s west coast. It was described by state media as a move to increase its “fatal” nuclear attack capability.
Following Saturday’s launch of the missile, the US and South Korea conducted joint air exercises on Sunday.
These exercises led to Kim Yo Jong, the sister of North Korea’s leader Kim Jong Un, being alarmed.
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She stated that the US and South Korea were “openly displaying their dangerous greed” by trying to “gain the military upper hand in the Korean Peninsula”.
She said, “I warn you that we will be watching every movement of our enemy and taking a corresponding and very strong and overwhelming counteraction against every hostile move.
“We will not let the worst maniacs who are escalating tensions get away with it.
“We are carefully considering the impact (military drills) on our security.
“The frequency with which we use the Pacific as our firing range is dependent on the US forces’ actions character.”
North Korea claims the drills are a rehearsal of invasion, but South Korea and its allies insist they are defensive.
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