The Korean and US military said North Korea launched two ballistic missiles, Japan said it could be launched from the submarine.
The South Korean Coalition Staff Council (JSC) on October 9 announced that North Korea launched two ballistic missiles from the southeastern region of the peninsula to the sea, but did not specify details.
Our army strengthened supervision and vigilance, as well as maintaining a comprehensive combat readiness in close coordination with the United States, JSC declared.
Japanese Deputy Defense Deputy Minister Toshiro Ino said that North Korean missiles can be launched from the submarine before 2 hours (0h Hanoi time) on October 9, flying 350 km with a maximum height of 100 km.
The missiles flew to the eastern waters of the Korean peninsula and fell outside the Japanese region considered an exclusive economic zone (EEZ).
The Korean submarine launches missiles in the October 20021 test.
The Indo -Pacific Command of the US Army announced that he had known about two ballistic missile launches and was closely consulted with allies and partners, and criticized the tidal missile program.
North Korea has not announced the above -mentioned missile test.
This is said to be the 7th time North Korea has launched ballistic missiles in the past two weeks.
The last time North Korea launched the missile on October 6, on the same day the US, South Korea and Japan held a exercise with the participation of a destroyer from the aircraft carrier group USS Ronald Reagan.
Two days earlier, North Korea launched a rocket through the Japanese territory, maybe the mid-range ballistic missile Hwasong-12.
The location of the Japanese Sea (Korea is called the South China Sea).
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of North Korea at the beginning of the week announced that recent missile launches were the exact response of the Korean People's Army.
The United States and many allies condemned a series of North Korean missile launches, considering it a provocative and instability.
North Korean officials announced that the missile tried was a legitimate plan and measure of military defense and measures from the US.
The United States - Korea exercises the Navy with the participation of Ronald Reagan aircraft carrier off the Korean peninsula, after a series of Pyongyang missile tests.