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| A missile is test-fired from a railway car in North Pyongan Province, Jan. 14, in this photo provided Jan. 15 by the North Korean government. North Korea fired unidentified projectiles toward the East Sea, Jan. 17, South Korea's military said. AP-Yonhap |
North Korea fired two more suspected short-range ballistic missiles eastward from an airfield in Pyongyang, Monday, South Korea's military said, in the recalcitrant regime's fourth show of force this year.
The Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) said that it detected the projectiles fired from Sunan Airport in the capital in the morning, in a text message sent to reporters, without elaborating further.
"Currently, our military is tracking and monitoring related (North Korean) movements and maintaining a readiness posture," the JCS said.
The latest launches came just three days after the North launched two suspected short-range ballistic missiles into the East Sea that it later claimed to be guided missiles fired by a railway-borne regiment during a firing exercise.
Monday's launches from Pyongyang appear to underscore the North's evolving capabilities to launch missiles from various platforms, including trains, subsurface assets as well as land-based facilities.
Last week, the North warned of a "stronger and certain reaction" to the United States' recent imposition of fresh sanctions on six North Koreans involved in the regime's weapons of mass destruction and ballistic missile programs.
The North also test-fired a self-proclaimed hypersonic missile Jan. 5 and Tuesday last week, ratcheting up tensions amid an impasse in denuclearization negotiations with the U.S. (Yonhap)
