{"id":25486,"date":"2019-07-30T21:59:08","date_gmt":"2019-07-30T21:59:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/uncategorized\/2019\/07\/30\/south-korea-says-north-korea-has-fired-unidentified-projectiles\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T06:05:32","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T06:05:32","slug":"south-korea-says-north-korea-has-fired-unidentified-projectiles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/flashpoints\/2019\/07\/30\/south-korea-says-north-korea-has-fired-unidentified-projectiles\/","title":{"rendered":"Seoul: North Korea launches 2 short-range ballistic missiles"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

SEOUL, South Korea \u2014 North Korea fired two short-range ballistic missiles off its east coast Wednesday, South Korea\u2019s military said, its second weapons test in less than a week<\/a>. North Korea is angry over planned U.S.-South Korean military drills<\/a> and may be trying to boost pressure on the United States to win concessions as the rivals struggle to set up talks over the North\u2019s nuclear weapons.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff said Wednesday’s missiles were launched from Wonsan, a city the North pushes as a vacation destination but that it also uses as a regular launch site. The joint chiefs’ statement said both missiles were believed to have flown about 250 kilometers (155 miles) at a maximum altitude of 30 kilometers (19 miles) and that the South Korean and U.S. militaries were trying to gather more details.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“The North’s repeated missile launches are not helpful to efforts to ease tensions on the Korean Peninsula, and we urge (North Korea) to stop this kind of behavior,” the statement said. Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe briefly told reporters the launches were “no threat to Japanese national security.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Six days earlier, North Korea fired two short-range ballistic missiles that Seoul officials said flew 600 kilometers (370 miles) before landing in the sea.<\/p>\n\n\n\t