JCS: "North Korean Ballistic Missiles Flew More Than 900 km"

Yonhap News Agency

North Korea has launched ballistic missiles. The launch came nine days after its previous one on October 3.

The Joint Chiefs of Staff said it detected several ballistic missiles launched toward the East Sea from the Pyongyang area at around 9:20 a.m. on October 12. The missiles are believed to have flown more than 900 kilometers.

The military said it had strengthened surveillance and vigilance against the possibility of further launches by North Korea, while closely sharing relevant information among South Korean, U.S. and Japanese authorities and maintaining full readiness.

North Korea later said through its state media that it had launched a hypersonic intermediate-range ballistic missile with a range of 1,000 kilometers, in the presence of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un.

The launch came four days after the South Korean government conducted the first test launch of a hypersonic glide vehicle (HGV) under development using South Korean technology on October 8, in a move seen as a response to the North Korean military's landmine explosion in the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ).

North Korea previously launched ballistic missiles toward the East Sea from the Wonsan area on October 3. The missiles detected at the time flew more than 700 kilometers. North Korea later claimed through its state media that it had launched a hypersonic intermediate-range ballistic missile with a range of 1,000 kilometers, in the presence of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un.

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