The South Korean military said it believed thatfor planes North Korea conducted firing drills "air – earth".
He added that South Korea responded by sending 30 warplanes, while previous rapprochement talks between the two countries had failed to reach a settlement.
Earlier, North Korea fired two ballistic missiles toward its eastern waters, and South Korea conducted naval exercises with the United States and Japan off the east coast of the Korean Peninsula in response.
Clarification from Pyongyang
For its part, North Korea announced, on Thursday, that the missile tests it conducted recently were… "countermeasure" For the joint military exercises between the US and South Korean armies, at a time when Washington considered these tests a threat to the international community, and Seoul vowed to take countermeasures, which it described as strong.
The North Korean Foreign Ministry said, in a statement, that these missile tests "It is the appropriate action by the Korean People’s Army against the joint military exercises between South Korea and the United States".
She added that these maneuvers "It escalates military tensions on the Korean peninsula"according to "AFP".
The isolated communist country always views the maneuvers of the southerners and the Americans as… "Preparing to invade".
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. saidfor the South Korean Armythe eight combat aircraft and four launchers North Korea flew in formation, amid fears of increased tension in the region.
The South Korean military said it believed thatfor planes North Korea conducted “air-to-ground” firing exercises.
He added that South Korea responded by sending 30 warplanes, while previous rapprochement talks between the two countries had failed to reach a settlement.
Earlier, North Korea fired two ballistic missiles toward its eastern waters, and South Korea conducted naval exercises with the United States and Japan off the east coast of the Korean Peninsula in response.
Clarification from Pyongyang
For its part, North Korea announced, Thursday, that the missile tests it conducted recently were a “counter-measure” for the joint military exercises between the US and South Korean armies, at a time when Washington considered these tests a threat to the international community, and Seoul vowed to take countermeasures it described as strong. .
The North’s foreign ministry said in a statement that these missile tests “are the appropriate action by the Korean People’s Army against the joint military exercises between South Korea and the United States.”
She added that these exercises “causes an escalation of military tensions on the Korean peninsula,” according to “AFP.”
The isolated communist state has always viewed the maneuvers of the southerners and the Americans as a “prelude to an invasion.”