North Korea allegedly fired a long-range ballistic missile, the army said South Korea Wednesday, days after Pyongyang threatened to shoot down US spy planes violating its airspace.
Relations between the two Koreas are at one of their worst moments, with no diplomatic contacts between the two countries and an increase in weapons tests by the North, whose leader Kim Jong Un asked to further develop its nuclear arsenal.
on your side, USA The US and South Korea increased their joint military exercises in the area and vowed to destroy the North Korean regime if it uses its nuclear weapons.
The military command in Seoul explained that it had detected the launch of a long-range ballistic missile around 10:00 am (0100 GMT) from the Pyongyang area.
‘The ballistic missile was fired in a vertical trajectory and rtraveled 1,000 km before falling into the East SeaAlso known as the Sea of Japan, the Joint Chiefs of Staff said.