The South Korean Joint Chiefs of Staff announced that it “detected North Korea’s launch of a cruise missile towards the Yellow Sea early today, Wednesday.”
“Intelligence in South Korea and the United States is conducting a detailed analysis of other details regarding the two missiles,” the agency said.
This is the fourth time since the launch of the administration of South Korean President Yoon Seok-Yul’s administration last May, and also the second time that cruise missiles have been launched this year following their launch in January.
And “Yonhap Agency” suggested that “today’s launch will be a message of protest once morest the start of preparatory exercises between South Korea and the United States for their major joint exercises (Ulchi Freedom Shield) scheduled for next week,” and stated that “the launch of cruise missiles does not constitute a violation of United Nations Security Council resolutions. banning any ballistic missile launches.
Source: Russia Today
