South Korea and the US launched four missiles towards the Sea of Japan. It was in response to North Korea’s recent missile tests.
A day after the latest North Korean missile test, the US and South Korea fired missiles themselves in the region. South Korea’s military said on Wednesday that the United States and South Korea fired four surface-to-surface missiles toward the Sea of Japan (East Sea) in response to North Korea’s provocation.
Apparently there was an incident. The Washington Post and other media reports that one of the missiles crashed and exploded shortly after launch. The residents of the coastal city of Gangneung got excited. There is a military base in the city and it is not too far from the North Korean border.
South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff said Wednesday there were no reports of injuries from the accident in which a Hyumoo-2 short-range ballistic missile slammed into the ground at an air base near the city.
North Korea’s missile flew over Japan
On Tuesday, Pyongyang fired a medium-range ballistic missile toward the Sea of Japan. It was the first time a North Korean missile had flown over the Japanese archipelago in almost five years.
Both the US and NATO sharply condemned the test. In direct response, South Korean forces fired two precision bombs in the Yellow Sea. In addition, flight maneuvers were held together with US F-16 fighter jets. The Yellow Sea is bordered by China and the Korean Peninsula.