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DPRK fires 2 cruise missiles off west coast: S. Korean military
SEOUL, March 24, 2021 (BSS/Xinhua) – The Democratic People’s Republic of
Korea (DPRK) fired two cruise missiles off its west coast on Sunday, the
South Korean military said Wednesday.
A South Korean military official, who declined to be identified, told
Xinhua that two projectiles, estimated to be two cruise missiles, were
launched westward from the DPRK’s west coast on Sunday morning.
The official said the projectiles were detected through the South Korean
military assets, noting that the military was analyzing further details such
as the exact missile type.
According to Yonhap news agency, the cruise missiles traveled into the
western waters in a short range.
It marked the first missile test-firing since April 14, 2020, when the
DPRK test-launched multiple short-range cruise missiles into the eastern
waters.
An unnamed South Korean government official was quoted by Yonhap as saying
that it was not in violation of UN Security Council resolutions that ban
Pyongyang from testing ballistic missiles.
Senior U.S. officials also confirmed on Tuesday that the DPRK tested a
short-range system over the weekend while downplaying the test as normal
military activity.
The DPRK’s missile launch came after South Korea and the United States
conducted their annual springtime military exercises on March 8-18.
BSS/Xinhua/MSY/1009 hrs