[Breaking] North Korea Fires Several Short-Range Cruise Missile-Like Projectiles

North Korea also launched a projectile presumed to be the KH-35 anti-ship cruise missile in April 2017. When North Korea launched it in 2015, it flew 100 km, but within just over two years, the range was extended to 200 km. On April 15, 2017, during the 105th anniversary military parade commemorating Kim Il-sung's birthday, North Korea unveiled a tracked vehicle equipped with four launchers for anti-ship missiles.

[Asia Economy Yang Nak-gyu Reporter] North Korea fired several projectiles presumed to be short-range cruise missiles.

The Joint Chiefs of Staff announced on the 14th, "This morning, several projectiles presumed to be short-range cruise missiles were launched from the Munchon area in Gangwon Province toward the East Sea."

Our military is closely monitoring North Korea's additional military movements and maintaining a firm readiness posture. Currently, South Korea and U.S. intelligence authorities are conducting a detailed analysis of the related matters. North Korea fired projectiles again 16 days after launching a 'super-large multiple rocket launcher' toward the East Sea on the 29th of last month. This is the fifth launch this year.

If this projectile is a cruise missile, it would be the first cruise missile launch in about three years since June 8, 2017. At that time, North Korea's missile flew from the Wonsan area in Gangwon Province toward the northeast direction, reaching a maximum altitude of about 2 km and a flight distance of about 200 km.

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