North Korea fired numerous short-range projectiles into the East Sea Saturday, South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff said, amid stalled U. S. nuclear talks.
May 4 (UPI) — North Korea fired numerous short-range projectiles into the East Sea on Saturday, South Korea’s joint chiefs of staff said, amid stalled U. S. nuclear talks.
North Korea apparently fired the projectiles from its nearly 12-inch multiple launch rocket system as part of an artillery units drills or test for improvement, analysts told Yonhap News Agency.
South Korea’s JCS had said earlier that North Korea fired short-range « missiles, » but later revised the announcements to say that they were only fired as « projectiles. »
The revision suggests that the firings involved multiple rocket launchers instead of missiles. The projectiles were fired between 9:06 a.m. and 9:27 a.m. local time near the east coast town of Wonsan, the JCS said.
