Days after firing a ballistic missile over Japan, North Korea has again fired two short-range ballistic missiles from Munchon, Kangwon Province, to the eastern coast of the Korean peninsula, the South Korean Joint Chiefs of Staff revealed on Sunday, October 9.

According to Toshiro Ino, the Japanese State Minister of Defense, the North Korean ballistic missiles were fired at around 1:47 am and 1:53 am local time on Sunday. Unlike the previously fired missile that flew over Japan, Sunday’s projectiles fell out of Japan’s Exclusive Economic Zone, Ino revealed.

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The first of the North Korean missiles travelled a distance of 350 kilometres with the highest altitude of 100 kilometres. Ino said that the second missile also travelled approximately the same distance.

According to the Japanese minister, no vessels at sea were hit or damaged by the missiles, however, the ministry is still investigating the details and the type of the fired missile, including if they were launched from submarines.

This was the third missile test by North Korea in the last week, the first of which travelled over Japan, following which, the US, along with Japan and South Korea, conducted military drills as a response. Since then, the South Korean military has been maintaining combat readiness while cooperating with the United States, the South Korean Joint Chiefs of Staff revealed on Sunday.

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According to CNN, Sunday’s missile launch was also the 25th by North Korea in 2022, consisting of both ballistic and cruise missiles. The second missile firing of this week was conducted by North Korea last Thursday, October 6, when it launched two similar ballistic missiles.

Following Sunday’s missile launch, the Japanese coast guard has told all vessels at sea to heed information by the government and has asked against approaching any unidentified objects which might have fallen on the sea from the sky. The coast guard has also urged all vessels to report any information related to the missiles to the authorities.