The missile launch comes just two days after North Korea fired an intercontinental ballistic missile into the sea off Japan's west coast.
Kim Jong Un's sister Kim Yo Jong spoke after the US and South Korea held joint air exercises. Pic: APNorth Korea has fired two ballistic missiles off its east coast as Kim Jong Un's sister warned of"using the Pacific as our firing range".
The missiles were launched on Monday morning local time and fell into the sea outside Japan's exclusive economic zone, the country's coast guard said.Japan's defence ministry said the missile launches"threaten the peace and security of Japan, the region, and the international community".state media KCNA confirmed it had fired two projectiles, aiming at targets 245 miles and 209 miles away.
It said the"multiple rocket launcher mobilised in the firing... is a means of tactical nuclear weapon" capable of"paralysing" an enemy airfield.into the sea off Japan's west coast, in what state media described as a move to strengthen its"fatal" nuclear attack capacity.North Korea fires ballistic missileThose exercises prompted a warning from Kim Yo Jong, sister of North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un.
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