North Korea fired two “strategic cruise missiles” from a submarine over the weekend in waters off the east coast in a clear protest against regular South Korea-US joint military exercises starting this week, state media said Monday. Earlier in the day, South Korea’s military said it detected an unspecified missile launched from a submarine in waters off North Korea’s eastern coastal city of Sinpo on Sunday morning. North Korea has accused the exercises of “preparing for a war of aggression”. It was widely expected that North Korea would carry out weapons tests in conjunction with joint military exercises with its allies. Earlier, North Korea said it had decided to take “significant and practical” steps against the “offensive use” of war deterrence as the United States and South Korea set to begin joint military exercises this week.

Source: dna March 15, 2023 02:40 UTC