North Korea fires ballistic missiles following South Korean hypersonic test
North Korea launched multiple ballistic missiles toward the East Sea early Monday morning, according to military officials. South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff detected the missile launches around 9:20 am local time from Pyongyang. Military analysts believe these launches served as a direct response to South Korea’s hypersonic glide vehicle test. At least one projectile […]
On Monday, North Korea launched multiple ballistic missiles towards the East Sea, according to South Korea's military. The Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) reported detecting the launch around 9:20 a.m. from the Pyongyang region, with at least one missile traveling over 900 kilometers. Initial assessments suggest that this missile test was likely a response to South Korea's successful test-fire of a hypersonic missile and a demonstration of North Korea's advancements in defense capabilities, as part of its five-year strategic plan.
JCS spokesperson Jang Do-young stated that the military is still analyzing the specifics of the launch, and declined to provide further details on whether the missiles were hypersonic or intermediate-range. South Korea conducted its first test launch of a hypersonic glide vehicle (HGV) on Thursday, seemingly as a countermeasure to North Korea's aggression following a mine explosion on the South's side of the Demilitarized Zone on September 21.
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