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North Korea conducts largest missile test Seoul

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Pyongyang has fired off eight missiles after the US completed a joint military exercise with South Korean forces North Korea has launched
Pyongyang has fired off eight missiles after the US completed a joint military exercise with South Korean forces
North Korea has launched eight short-range ballistic missiles, likely its largest such test of strategic firepower and marking a ratcheting-up of tensions with Seoul and Tokyo amid increased saber-rattling by the US. The weapons were fired toward the sea from at least four different locations across North Korea, including the country’s eastern and western coasts, over a period of about 35 minutes on Sunday, according to a statement by Seoul’s Joint Chiefs of Staff. The missiles flew at altitudes as high as 80km and traveled between 110km and 670km. At least one of the projectiles flew in a variable trajectory, suggesting that it could be maneuvered to evade defensive weapons, Japanese Defense Minister Nobuo Kishi told reporters on Sunday. Although none of the missiles landed in Japanese waters, Kishi said the test «cannot be tolerated.

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