North Korea fires barrage of missiles from ground and air
Source: AP
By HYUNG-JIN KIM
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) A barrage of North Korean missiles fired from both the ground and fighter jets splashed down on the waters off the countrys east coast on Tuesday, South Koreas military said, a show of force on the eve of a key state anniversary in the North and parliamentary elections in the rival South.
The back-to-back launches were the latest in a series of weapons tests that North Korea has conducted in recent weeks amid stalled nuclear talks and outside worries about a possible coronavirus outbreak in the country.
North Korean troops based in the eastern coastal city of Munchon first launched several projectiles presumed to be cruise missiles on Tuesday morning, South Koreas Joint Chiefs of Staff said in a statement.
The weapons flew more than 150 kilometers (93 miles) at a low altitude off the Norths east coast, a South Korean defense official said. If confirmed, it would be the Norths first cruise missile launch in about three years, said the official, who spoke on condition of anonymity, citing department rules.
People watch a TV screen airing reports about North Korea's firing missiles with file images of missiles at the Seoul Railway Station in Seoul, South Korea, Tuesday, April 14, 2020. South Korea says North Korean fighter jets have fired missiles off the North's east coast. A South Korean defense official says the North launched several fighter jets after it conducted suspected cruise missile tests on Tuesday morning. The letters read "North, fired several short-range projectiles." (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)
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underpants
(182,868 posts)Someone needs to ask Trump why he allowed North Korea to continue to enrich uranium to make bombs, why he allowed them to test missiles to deliver said bombs? Why he is in love with Kim Jong Un?
Trump promised he would stop Kim's nuclear program, instead he writes him love letters.
Roy Rolling
(6,928 posts)Are these the missiles that wouldnt be fired because of the puppy love between Don and Un?
doc03
(35,363 posts)with North Korea to distract us from COVID-19.
gab13by13
(21,385 posts)Did you see that an Evangelical pastor in Virginia who claimed that god is bigger than the coronavirus has died of Covid-19?
Red states are going to get hit hard. The governor of South Dakota has refused to issue a stay at home order, meanwhile a huge pork packing plant in Sioux Falls has had to shut down. Workers there literally work shoulder to shoulder. When will that huge plant be able to reopen and who will want to work there? The governor has still refused to issue a stay at home order. Lemmings over a cliff.
Mc Mike
(9,115 posts)No, really, we fell in love.
Now, where's my Nobel?
pwb
(11,287 posts).
AllaN01Bear
(18,353 posts)RockRaven
(14,990 posts)They probably need to extort food and medical supplies out of someone to deal with their non-existent ( ) coronavirus epidemic, and must regain everyone's attention to do so.
relayerbob
(6,551 posts)If the news reported every time we launched a missile or a rocket, people would be shocked.
SunSeeker
(51,659 posts)Dictators love them a good distraction.