The Japan Coast Guard He said North Korea fired three projectiles that might be ballistic missiles shortly after 2200 GMT, all of which fell within minutes.
All three fell outside the exclusive economic zone of Japan, according to the public channel NHK.
The launch came two days after North Korea fired an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) into the sea off the west coast of Japan, in what called it a “sudden launch drill”.
The sister of the North Korean leader, Kim Yo Jongwarned against increasing the presence of US strategic assets on the Korean peninsula, after Washington held bilateral joint air exercises with South Korea and Japan on Sunday.
“We are carefully examining the influence it would have on the security of our state,” he said in the statement. “The frequency of using the Pacific as our firing range depends on the character of the action of the US forces.”
Kim Yo Jong added that North Korea has “satisfactory” missile technology and capability, and “it will now focus on increasing its strength.”
Monday’s missile launch is the North’s third major weapons test this year, after Pyongyang threatened an “unprecedentedly persistent and forceful” response as South Korea and the United States prepared for their annual military exercises.
Source: Ambito
