The South Korean military announced that North Korea fired “multiple” missiles into the Sea of Japan in what appears to be a new missile test.
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South Korean news agency Yonhap reports that the numerous projectiles were surface-to-sea missiles. CNBC reports that the office of the South Korean Joint Chiefs of Staff says the missiles were fired from the city of Wonsan in North Korea.
The latest missile test comesĀ as new South Korean President Moon Jae-in delays the deployment of the Terminal High-Altitude Defense System (THAAD), an American missile defense system. Though the system needs six launchers to fully function; South Korea has deployed just two.
The test of these surface-to-sea missiles also comes just over a week after President Donald Trump made classified information public, stating the location of American nuclear submarines in the vicinity of the Korean peninsula.
This is a developing story.