Iran Press/ Asia: North Korea fired multiple cruise missiles off its west coast, South Korea's military said on Friday, the fourth time in just over a week Pyongyang has launched such missiles.
The South's military said the launch took place at 11 a.m. but did not provide further details.
North Korea has called them "strategic" cruise missiles, indicating they may be nuclear-capable weapons. Earlier this week, it said it had tested its new submarine-launched cruise missiles (SLCM) with leader Kim Jong Un on site to supervise.
The latest missile launch comes just three days after the North conducted a test of the Hwasal-2 strategic cruise missile off the west coast. Earlier, on January 24, North Korea said that it had test-fired an unspecified number of Pulhwasal-3-31 cruise missiles from its west coast for the first time.
The North fired submarine-launched cruise missiles on Sunday over the East Sea and later said that they were Pulhwasal-3-31s, Yonhap News Agency reported.
The cruise missiles are seen as posing threats to the South Korean air defence system at a time when North Korea has been improving the capabilities of ballistic missiles with varying ranges, warheads and launch platforms. 219
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