North Korea Fires Unknown Projectile into East Sea... Another Show of Force After Three Days

On the 7th, three days before President-elect Yoon Suk-yeol's inauguration, North Korea once again conducted a military demonstration.

The Joint Chiefs of Staff announced to the press corps that North Korea launched a projectile of an unidentified type into the East Sea that afternoon.

The military authorities are analyzing the missile's range, altitude, and other specifications, and it is presumed to be a ballistic missile.

The military and intelligence agencies have been closely monitoring the possibility of North Korea launching a submarine-launched ballistic missile (SLBM) recently.

Typically, if the trajectory of an initially detected projectile is judged to be a ballistic missile of short-range class or higher, the military authorities notify the media within minutes.

This launch came three days after North Korea fired one ballistic missile, presumed to be an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM), from the Sunan area in Pyongyang toward the East Sea at 12:03 PM on the 4th, marking the 15th military demonstration publicly revealed this year.

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