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2019-08-25 China-Japan-Koreas

N. Korea fires two short-range ballistic missiles into East Sea

[EN.YNA.CO.KR] North Korea

...hereditary Communist monarchy distinguished by its truculence and periodic acts of violence. Distinguishing features include Songun (Army First) policy, which involves feeding the army before anyone but the Dear Leadership, and Juche, which is Kim Jong Il's personal interpretation of Marxism-Leninism, which he told everybody was brilliant. In 1950 the industrialized North invaded agrarian South Korea. Twenty-one countries of the United Nations eventually contributed to the UN force opposing the invasion, with the United States providing around 90% of the military personnel. Seventy years later the economic results are in and it doesn't look good for Juche...
fired two projectiles presumed to be short-range ballistic missiles into the East Sea on Saturday, South Korea's military said, ratcheting up tensions even after the end of a joint military exercise between the South and the United States.

The projectiles were fired at 6:45 a.m. and 7:02 a.m. from the eastern town of Sondok in South Hamgyong Province into the East Sea, and both flew around 380 kilometers at a maximum altitude of 97 km and a top speed of around Mach 6.5, according to the Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS).

"Our military is monitoring the situation in case of additional launches and maintaining a readiness posture," the JCS said in a release, adding the South Korean and the U.S. intelligence authorities are analyzing their exact type.

Saturday's firings marked the seventh round of such launches since July 25 when the North broke a 17-month hiatus and started firing missiles and projectiles to test new weapons and protest the South-U.S. joint military exercise that it has long denounced as a rehearsal for invasion.

The exercise concluded earlier this week, raising hope for a halt in the North's missile launches and a resumption of denuclearization talks between Washington and Pyongyang.

Posted by Fred 2019-08-25 00:00|| || Front Page|| [5 views ] Top
File under: Commies

#1 And I'm wondering what one of those bogies costs ? Can they afford to sink their money like this ? It's not even like they're testing something.

Could it be that the poor bastards have been trying to hit Japan all this while and no one noticed ?☺

Posted by Dron66046 2019-08-25 13:52|| 2019-08-25 13:52|| Front Page Top

#2 trying to hit Japan

It could be Dron66046. Goodness knows the Gazans cumulatively missed Israel more often than they hit it, even before Iron Dome came along — a third to half, as I recall, never get out of Gaza, and some numbers of the rest land in Egypt or Jordan.

Posted by trailing wife 2019-08-25 19:37|| 2019-08-25 19:37|| Front Page Top

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