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North Korea announces it has fired two strategic cruise missiles from a submarine in the Sea of Japan during an exercise. This was announced by the North Korean agency KCNA. “The Submarine ’24. August Hero Warship’ mobilized for the exercise launched two strategic cruise missiles into the waters off Kyongpho Bay in the Baltic Sea of Korea,” KCNA wrote. “The launch exercise has successfully served its purpose.”
“The two launched cruise missiles – writes the KCNA – flew for 7,563 to 7,575 seconds along the figure-8 trajectory simulating a distance of 1,500 kilometers in the eastern Korean Sea and hit the target.”
Pyongyang said the launch exercise was a response to “military moves by US imperialists and treacherous South Korean puppets against North Korea” and demonstrated “the regular functioning of nuclear warfare deterrents.” The launch came on the eve of the major joint US-South Korea exercise Freedom Shield, which begins on Monday.
South Korea confirms launch The South Korean military has reportedly detected a missile launch from a North Korean submarine. This was announced by the Yonhap agency. South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) said it spotted the missile, which was launched from the waters off North Korea’s east coast city of Sinpo. Not provided
more details shortly. “While surveillance and vigilance are heightened, our military, in close cooperation with the United States, maintains a position of full readiness,” the JCS said.