North Korea launched today several cruise missiles into the waters of the Yellow Sea, The South Korean army reported the news days after Pyongyang said it had tested an underwater drone capable of carrying nuclear weapons.

The shooting happened around 7:00 a.m. local time this Wednesday, South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) said. analyzes details.

“Although we are increasing monitoring and surveillance, our army working closely with the United States monitor for additional signs of provocation from North Korea,” JCS said in a statement sent to the press.

According to leaks from local news agency Yonhap, the missiles flew in a circular trajectory in the waters west of Pyongyang, the capital of North Korea, similar to winged projectiles that fly at a lower altitude than ballistic ones.

According to these sources, the range of shells fired today will not be short and It is believed that they were fired upon from the mainland. which gave rise to speculation that these could be Khvasal-1 or Khvasal-2 missiles capable of carrying nuclear warheads.

This is Pyongyang’s first cruise missile launch. from September 2023, when it tested two long-range strategic missiles with simulated nuclear warheads in the same area.

Today’s missile test came 10 days after Pyongyang carried out what it said was test launch of a medium-range hypersonic missile and solid fuel towards the Sea of ​​Japan (called the East Sea in Korea), where the first North Korean weapons test of 2024 took place.

The North Korean regime also said last week that it had conducted a test submarine nuclear weapons system is being developedIn response to recent military exercises between the US, South Korea and Japan.

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The Korean Peninsula is experiencing a moment of high tension after termination of the 2018 inter-Korean agreement aimed at reducing military presence and exercises in border areas after Pyongyang conducted live-fire maneuvers near its western maritime border earlier this month.

The South Korean military has already announced this. will resume artillery shelling and border exercises in response.

(EFE)