North Korea fires multiple short-range ballistic missiles: JCS
![North Korean leader Kim Jong-un inspects a test-firing of a new 600-millimenter multiple rocket launcher, in a photo provided by the North's official Korean Central News Agency on Friday. [YONHAP]](https://koreajoongangdaily.joins.com/data/photo/2024/09/18/057f2157-792a-4cd1-8e01-cfd922f96002.jpg)
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un inspects a test-firing of a new 600-millimenter multiple rocket launcher, in a photo provided by the North's official Korean Central News Agency on Friday. [YONHAP]
The JCS said it detected several SRBM launches at around 6:50 a.m. from the North's Kaechon area in South Pyongan Province.
The missiles flew around 400 kilometers (248.5 miles), according to the JCS.
The JCS said the South Korean military immediately detected, tracked and monitored North Korean missile launches and shared relevant information with the U.S. and Japanese militaries. It said is comprehensively analyzing further details about the launches.
"Our military strongly condemns North Korea's missile launches as a clear provocation that seriously threatens the peace and stability of the Korean Peninsula," the JCS said in a statement. "Our military is closely monitoring North Korea's various activities and will overwhelmingly respond to any provocations under a solid South Korea-U.S. joint defense posture."
This come six days after the South’s military confirmed North Korea launched several short-range ballistic missiles toward the East Sea from the Pyongyang area on Thursday morning.
North Korea test-fired a new 600-millimeter multiple rocket launcher, inspected by leader Kim Jong-un, its state-run media reported Friday.
On Friday, Pyongyang publicly revealed its uranium enrichment facility for the first time.
The latest launch comes on the last day of the Chuseok holiday.
BY SARAH KIM [kim.sarah@joongang.co.kr]
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