Asia & Pacific
North Korea Allegedly Fires Ballistic Missiles
North Korea’s first combined tactical exercise simulating nuclear counterattack.
Being updatedMOSCOW (Sputnik) — North Korea has launched what appears to be two ballistic missiles, the Kyodo news agency reported, citing the Japan Coast Guard. Initially, it was reported that North Korea had fired one missile. Later, the Japanese Coast guard said that a second missile was fired. Both missiles apparently fell into the sea, the report added on Wednesday. Last week, the Japanese Defense Ministry said that Pyongyang launched several ballistic missiles toward the Sea of Japan. That was North Korea’s first ballistic missile launch since July 1.This article will be updated as more information becomes available.