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South Korean officials say North Korea has launched another ballistic missile toward its eastern waters, the third such weapons test this week

South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff said the launch occurred on Thursday morning but did not immediately give further details. Pyongyang had already staged two launch events this week

Launches come as the US and S Korea carry out large-scale military exercises N Korea sees as rehearsals for invasion.

North Korea test-fired two short-range ballistic missiles in another show of force Tuesday, a day after the United States and South Korea began military drills that Pyongyang views as an invasion rehearsal.

South Korea says North Korea has test-launched two ballistic missiles toward its eastern waters

A day earlier North Korea said it had test-fired two cruise missiles from a submarine, the first time the country is known to have conducted a launch of that type

The Pentagon intends to load up on advanced missiles, space defense and modern jets in its largest defense request in decades in order to meet the threat it perceives from China

North Korea's missile tests Sunday signal the country likely will conduct provocative weapons testing activities during the U.S.-South Korean drills that are to run for 11 days.

North Korea said Monday it had test-fired two strategic cruise missiles from a submarine, as South Korea and the United States kicked off their largest joint military exercises in five years. Nuclear-armed Pyongyang said the test verified its "nuclear war deterrence means in different spaces" as it slammed the drills…