This file photo taken on Jan 25, 2022 and released from the DPRK's official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) on Jan 28 shows what the DPRK says is a long-range cruise missile test-fire conducted by the Academy of Defence Science of the DPRK at an undisclosed location.
(STR / AFP / KCNA VIA)
SEOUL- The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) fired two cruise missiles toward the western waters, the Republic of Korea's defense ministry said Wednesday.
A defense ministry official, who declined to be identified, said over phone that the ROK military detected two cruise missiles that were launched at daybreak by the DPRK toward the western waters from the western coastal area.
A defense ministry official, who declined to be identified, said over phone that the ROK military detected two cruise missiles that were launched at daybreak by the DPRK toward the western waters from the western coastal area
The missile test-firing came a day after the combined forces of ROK and the United States kicked off their four-day preliminary drills ahead of the Ulchi Freedom Shield exercise
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The military authorities of ROK and the United States were reportedly assessing the details of the missiles.
It was the second DPRK launch of cruise missiles this year since January. It is not in violation of UN Security Council resolutions, which ban the DPRK from firing ballistic missiles.
The missile test-firing came a day after the combined forces of ROK and the United States kicked off their four-day preliminary drills ahead of the Ulchi Freedom Shield (UFS) exercise, a newly-named summertime military exercise between the two allies involving field maneuvers.
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The DPRK has denounced the exercise as a dress rehearsal for a northward invasion.