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SEOUL. – The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea fired four short-range projectiles, which were estimated to be launched from 300-millimetre multiple-rocket launchers, an official at South Korea’s Defence Ministry said yesterday. The official told Xinhua via telephone that the DPRK fired two short-range projectiles at 7:30am and 7:40am each from Mount Myohyang in DPRK’s Pyongan Province into the easterly direction.
The official said the launches seemed to fail as the projectiles flew for only several seconds.
Pyongyang launched two more short-range projectiles, which flew around 210km and 130km each, at 5:50pm and 6pm respectively from the same region into the easterly direction.
The projectile with a range of 210km was believed to land in eastern waters, and the other was estimated to fall in the DPRK’s territory.
The South Korean military reportedly said those projectiles may be fired from the 300-millimetre multiple-rocket launchers termed by South Korea as KN-09 with a range of 150-160km.
It was the first time that those projectiles from the KN-09 flew more than 200km. The test-firing was believed to have increased the range of the KN-09.
It was DPRK’s 16th launch of missiles or artillery shells this year. – Xinhua.
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