Incidents

Will sell Russia: DPRK launched rockets for the second week towards South Korea

North Korea tested small -range ballistic missiles, which eventually flew 400 km and fell near the border. North Korea launched several small -range ballistic missiles towards its east coast. This was reported by her closest neighbors: South Korea and Japan. Kim Jong -in rocket test a few days after Pyongyang opened Uranus enrichment object and promised to build up his nuclear arsenal. And it was the second similar test. About it reports Reuters.

The rockets started from Kechkhon, north of Pyongyang capital, around 6:50 am in the north-east direction and flew about 400 km. The Joint Committee of the Chiefs of Staff of South Korea has informed about it, not specifying how many rockets were released and where they landed. "We strongly condemn the launch of the North Korea rocket as a clear provocation, which seriously threatens peace and stability on the Korean Peninsula," the statement said.

They have already promised to give a decisive answer to any further provocations. About 30 minutes after the first report of the Bosgov Guard, Japan said that North Korea had launched another ballistic missile. Japan's Defense Minister Minor Kihara said that at least one of the missiles had fallen near the Eastern Coast of North Korea, and that these launches "cannot be tolerated".

The US Armed Forces Command in the Indo-Pacific Region said it was aware of launches and was closely consulted with Seoul and Tokyo. Last Thursday, North Korea launched a few small range ballistic missiles, which was the first launch of this kind for more than two months. Later, North Korea described it as a test of a new 600-mm jet fire.

The Joint Committee of South Korea headquarters stated that launch could be carried out to test weapons to export to Russia against the background of intensification of military cooperation between the two countries. The United States, South Korea and Ukraine, as well as other countries, accused Pyongyang of supplying missiles and shells to Moscow for use in the war in Ukraine in exchange for economic and other military assistance.

North Korea Foreign Minister Chchhve HE, which flew to Russia this week, met in Moscow with her Russian colleague Sergei Lavrov on Tuesday and discussed ways of development of bilateral ties, which confirmed the Russian Foreign Ministry. The launches of rockets on Wednesday also took place a few days after the DPRK was first demonstrated by the images of centrifuges that produce fuel for its nuclear bombs. The photos were taken during the visit of Kim Jong -in to the Uranium enrichment plant.