North Korea Fires 2 Short-Range Ballistic Missiles After US Submarine Arrives In South Korea
July 24, 2023 9:53AM PDT
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SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea’s military says North Korea has fired two short-range ballistic missile into its eastern sea, adding to a recent streak in weapons testing.
It’s apparently in protest of the United States sending major naval assets to South Korea in a show of force.
South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff on Tuesday did not immediately say how far the weapons flew.
The launches came hours after South Korea’s navy said a nuclear-propelled U.S. submarine — the USS Annapolis — arrived at a port on Jeju Island.
Last week, the USS Kentucky became the first U.S. nuclear-armed submarine to come to South Korea since the 1980s.
North Korea reacted to its arrival by test-firing ballistic and cruise missiles.
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