The guided-missile submarine USS Kentucky in Busan, South Korea, July 19, 2023. In a show of anger, North Korea fired two missiles into the sea off its east coast hours after arriving.
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North Korea fired several cruise missiles into waters west of the Korean peninsula, South Korea’s military said on Saturday.
It would be North Korea’s latest missile launch since Wednesday’s launch of two ballistic missiles, as Pyongyang and Washington stepped up a show of military might amid a standoff over North Korea’s nuclear weapons and missile programs.
South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff said it had detected multiple cruise missiles fired since around 4:00 am local time on Saturday (1900 GMT on Friday).
North Korea launched the missile on Wednesday, hours after a U.S. nuclear ballistic missile submarine (SSBN) surfaced for a rare visit to South Korea.
North Korea also warned on Thursday that deploying a U.S. aircraft carrier, bomber or missile submarine in South Korea could meet its criteria for using nuclear weapons.