Japan’s Defense Ministry says it does not rule out the idea that North Korea has conducted submarine-launched ballistic missile tests, and says it is investigating.
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Video of a North Korean missile test at a station in Seoul, October 9, 2022 (AFP).
The Japanese broadcaster, NHK, stated that the Japanese Ministry of Defense does not rule out that North Korea has tested, at dawn on Sunday, submarine-launched ballistic missiles, and that it is trying to verify whether it is similar to a missile tested in October 2021.
The TV channel added today, Sunday: “The Ministry of Defense believes that the missile launch point indicates that ballistic missiles were launched from submarines.”
According to the channel, “The Japanese Ministry of Defense is also analyzing the available data to verify whether the launched missiles belong to the same type of missile that was tested in October 2021 and which flew at that time on an unusual trajectory.”
The South Korean military announced yesterday North Korea launches two missiles Short-range ballistics toward the East Sea, without providing further details.
Since the beginning of the year, Pyongyang has conducted 27 missile launches, including tests of intercontinental ballistic missiles.
Pyongyang defends The last series of her experiences missile, by saying it “tDraft on US military threats directly”, while Washington, Tokyo and Seoul consider it a “dangerous threat to peace and security.”