North Korea fired several cruise missiles towards the sea, west of the Korean Peninsula, this Saturday local time (Friday night in Brazil). The information is from the South Korean Armed Forces.
It would be North Korea’s latest missile launch since it fired two ballistic missiles on Wednesday, as Pyongyang and Washington step up displays of military force in a standoff over North Korea’s nuclear weapons and missile programs.
Several cruise missiles launched around 4 am local time on Saturday (4 pm on Friday GMT) were detected, South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff said.
On Wednesday, North Korea fired missiles hours after a US nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarine (SSBN) surfaced for a rare visit to South Korea.
North Korea also warned on Thursday that the deployment of US aircraft carriers, bombers or missile submarines in South Korea could meet criteria for the use of nuclear weapons.
(Reporting by Joyce Lee)
Source: CNN Brasil
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