In just a few hours, two North Korean missiles have been launched from the country’s east coast, the South Korean military warns. First, they are said to have tested a short-range ballistic missile. The missile can reach several important targets in South Korea, including US military installations. Since then, they have tested an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM). It is the fifth test of an intercontinental ballistic missile and the first since North Korea announced the Hwasong-18 in July. Both missiles landed in the Sea of Japan, according to South Korea, Japan and the United States. US condemns Japan’s Defense Ministry estimates it was an intercontinental ballistic missile capable of reaching anywhere in the US. – The ballistic missile of the ICBM class that was launched this time can, based on the trajectory of the missile and depending on the weight of the warhead, have a range of over 15,000 km. That is according to Shingo Miyake, Parliamentary Deputy Minister of Defence. The launches pose a threat to neighboring countries, a spokesperson for the US Foreign Ministry told Reuters: – These launches, like the others of ballistic missiles that Pyongyang has carried out this year, violate several sanctions from the UN Security Council. All of North Korea’s ballistic missile activities are in violation of United Nations Security Council (UNSC) resolutions. Pyongyang itself insists that the country has a sovereign right to self-defense. A North Korean warning The weapons test comes two days after the United States and South Korea met in Washington for their second meeting of the Nuclear Consultative Group. The two allies agreed to update their nuclear deterrence and preparedness strategies, according to Seoul officials. North Korea’s defense ministry on Sunday condemned its allies’ plans to expand annual joint military exercises next year to include a nuclear operational exercise and warned of “a pre-emptive and deadly counter-reaction”. – This is an open declaration of nuclear confrontation to make the use of nuclear weapons against the DPRK a fait accompli, said the statement from the KCNA news agency, with the official acronym for North Korea. – Any attempt to use armed forces against the DPRK will be met with a pre-emptive and deadly counter-action.
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