North Korea said it tested two tactical guided missiles on Monday, as it ratchets up pressure on the Biden administration with its biggest string of missile launches since August 2019.
“The test-fire was aimed to selectively evaluate tactical guided missiles being produced and deployed and to verify the accuracy of the weapon system,” the state’s official Korean Central News Agency said Tuesday of the launch that took place about a day earlier.
North Korea fired the missiles four minutes apart Monday from an airfield in Pyongyang that flew for about 380 kilometers (236 miles) and reached an altitude of 42 km, South Korea’s military said. The missiles “precisely hit an island target in the East Sea of Korea,” according to KCNA, while South Korea said the projectiles splashed down in waters off North Korea’s east coast.
