North Korea fired a short-range ballistic missile (SRBM) into the West Sea on the 9th, the South Korean Joint Chiefs of Staff said.
According to the Joint Chiefs of Staff, the South Korean military captured one SRBM launched in the direction of the West Sea from Nampo, North Korea, at around 6:20 pm (Korean Peninsula time) that day.
The South Korean military said, “We are maintaining a full readiness posture while closely cooperating with the United States while strengthening surveillance and vigilance.”
North Korea’s launch of this SRBM took place while the Freedom Shield exercise, a joint exercise between the US and South Korean forces, was scheduled to be held from the 13th.
North Korea’s launch on this day is 17 days after launching two super-large multiple rocket launchers on the 20th of last month.
North Korea announced that it had fired four strategic cruise missiles on the 23rd of last month, but the South Korean military authorities said that this was not confirmed.
VOA News