North Korea has launched two ballistic missiles into the Sea of Japan. This was reported by military sources in South Korea.
Seoul's armed forces detected two launches from the Tongchang-ri area in North Pyongan province between 11:13 and 12:05. “Our military has strengthened surveillance and vigilance by cooperating closely with the United States“said the South Korean Defense Staff.
It is no coincidence that a few days ago Pyongyang announced the success of the testing a solid fuel engine, produced with the aim of developing a new weapon.
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Early February Kim Jong Un participated in a massive military parade in which the presence of a new ICBM stood out solid fuel, unlike most of the arsenal of long-range ballistic missiles, which are liquid-fueled weapons, which must be refueled at launch sites, a time-consuming process that leaves them vulnerable to preemptive strikes.
After an intense activity of missile launches during 2022, since the beginning of this year there had been only one in the early hours of New Year's Eve. Those of two days ago and tonight seem to be a warning to Pyongyang's two rival allies.
Pyongyang, in fact, had threatened to undertake an "unprecedented" response regarding the joint exercises between United States and South Korea foreseen in Washington next week, with which the two allied countries would like to refine the response to the potential use of nuclear army by North Korea.
The US has "firmly" condemned North Korea's ICBM tests which represent "a flagrant and flagrant violation of multiple United Nations Security Council resolutions.”
The White House reported it two days ago, in a note, explaining that “the United States will take all necessary measures to ensure the security of American territories, South Korea and Japan".