North Korea fired several cruise missiles toward the Yellow Sea on Friday, according to the South Korean military, continuing its weapons tests as the country says it is intensifying its “war preparations“.
“The army detected multiple unidentified cruise missiles around 11 a.m. (3 a.m. Belgian time)“, pulled towards the sea off the west coast of the peninsula, declared the South Korean Joint Chiefs of Staff, which said it was monitoring closely”any new signs of additional activity” in North Korea.
This is the third series of cruise missile launches by North Korea this week, amid escalating tensions between Seoul and Pyongyang. In addition, Kim Jong Un visited the Nampho shipyard, 65 km southwest of Pyongang, where he called for a reinforcement of the North Korean navy.to reliably defend the country’s maritime sovereignty and intensify war preparations“, KCNA, the official North Korean agency, said on Friday.