N. Korea confirms firing of 2 ground

2024-05-20 00:49:30      点击：583

This photo, carried by North Korea's official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) shows the North firing two ground-to-ground ballistic missiles from Jangyon, South Hwanghae Province, the previous day, March 15. Yonhap

North Korea has launched two ground-to-ground ballistic missiles in a demonstration drill designed to train sub-military units, vowing to "annihilate the enemy," according to state media Wednesday.

A missile unit of the North's military launched the missiles "in a medium-range system" Tuesday in Jangyon, South Hwanghae Province, according to the official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA).

South Korea's military said Tuesday the North fired two short-range ballistic missiles from the Jangyon area toward the East Sea, a day after Seoul and Washington kicked off a regular joint military exercise.

The North said the missiles hit a pre-set target on an islet off its east coast after traveling some 611 kilometers.

Photos carried by the North's state media showed the North firing what appears to be KN-23 missiles, its version of the Russian Iskander, from a transporter erector launcher (TEL).

The North said it will "surely annihilate the enemy" if its military fights against its enemy and vowed to "fully carry out the duty of fire assault any time" by intensifying fire assault training, according to the KCNA.

The latest launch came after the North fired what it claimed to be two "strategic cruise missiles" from a submarine Sunday and conducted a "fire assault drill" three days earlier.

Pyongyang has decried the Seoul-Washington exercises as rehearsal for an invasion against it and threatened to take "overwhelming" action against military activities by the allies. (Yonhap)