North Korea fires two ballistic missiles

North Korea shot this Wednesday two short-range ballistic missiles at seaThat says the South Korean army to the local news agency Yonhap.

The shooting coincides with joint military exercises annually exports South Korea and USAand tend to irritate the regime in Pyongyang.

rockets shot into the sea just before midnight JapanThis is reported by the South Korean military. The type of missiles being launched is still being analyzed, Yonhap said.

“While we strengthen control and supervision new provocations, our army maintains a position of full readiness in close cooperation with the United States,” the South Korean Joint Chiefs of Staff said in a text message to reporters.

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US national security spokesman John Kirby declined to comment to reporters in Washington when the news broke. The military exercises between South Korea and the US involve at least one US B-1B strategic bomber, which Yonhap said flew over the Korean peninsula early Wednesday.

The US, South Korea and Japan also conducted a naval missile defense exercise on Tuesday., which angered Pyongyang. Washington, Seoul and Tokyo have intensified their defense cooperation in recent months in response to increased missile provocations by North Korea.

So far this year, Pyongyang has set a record for weapons testing. (JO)

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