According to Yonhap News Agency on February 14, according to the South Korean Joint Staff Headquarters on the 14th, North Korea launched a number of cruise missiles into the waters east of the peninsula that morning.
According to reports, the South Korean Joint Staff Headquarters said that at about 9 a.m. on the 14th, the South Korean military detected a number of unidentified cruise missiles launched by North Korea flying over the waters northeast of Wonsan (Gangwon Province), and the South Korean and US intelligence departments are conducting accurate analysis.
According to the report, the South Korean military is on high alert and is working closely with the United States to closely monitor the movements of the North Korean side. In general, cruise missiles fly in various directions in a figure-8 or elliptical orbit. However, it has been learned that the trajectory of the missile launched by the DPRK that day was not in the shape of an "8".
According to the report, this is the fifth cruise missile launch by North Korea this year. On 24 January this year, the DPRK launched a number of new-type strategic cruise missiles "Rocket-31" in the vicinity of Pyongyang toward the western waters of the peninsula, two missiles of the same type in the waters near Sinpo City, South Hamgyong Province on 28 January, and "Arrow-2" cruise missiles into the western waters on 30 January 20 of the same month. On February 2, the DPRK conducted a test of the power of a cruise missile "super-large warhead" and a test launch of a new anti-aircraft missile in the western waters.
The report also said that on the background of North Korea's fifth cruise missile launch, South Korean sources speculated that North Korea's move was intended to improve the stability and accuracy of the missile system.
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