(ANSA) - BEIJING, JANUARY 17 - North Korea has launched two suspected short-range ballistic missiles eastward from Pyongyang's Sunan airport, in what is the fourth demonstration of strength since the beginning of the year, with the first of 11 January) claimed to have been carried out with newly designed hypersonic missiles.
The South Korean Joint Staff Command, in giving the update on the number of "unidentified bullets", explained that "currently, our army is monitoring and controlling the related Korean movements, maintaining a position of readiness", in the Yonhap report.
The latest launch came just three days after the North launched two suspected short-range ballistic missiles into the Japanese sea, explaining that it wanted to test "guided missiles that left a train" in a railroad regiment exercise. Today's move, according to observers, aims to emphasize Pyongyang's reliable and evolving capabilities to launch missiles from various platforms, including trains, sea and land facilities.
Last week, the hermit state warned the US of a "stronger and more decisive reaction" following the imposition of new sanctions by the US Treasury on six Koreans involved in the regime's weapons of mass destruction and ballistic missile programs.escalating tensions in the midst of nuclear negotiations with the United States. '
Seoul reiterated its disappointment at the initiatives above the 38th parallel, while Japanese Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi lamented North Korea's repeated unsuspected ballistic missile launches, calling them "extremely deplorable".
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