Threats
The D Brief: Korean missile launches; Nuclear subs for Australia?; Drone tanker refuels F-35; And a bit more.
By Ben Watson and Jennifer Hlad
September 15, 2021 11:35 AM ET
The D Brief
The two Koreas are firing off missiles around each other. North Korea launched two short-range ballistic missiles that flew for about 500 miles “before landing in the [East Sea] inside Japan’s exclusive economic zone,” the Associated Press reports from Seoul.
Pyongyang’s launch comes two days after its new cruise missile test got the world’s attention briefly on Monday. Those cruise missiles are not banned by UN resolutions; ballistic missiles, however, are (not that that’s stopped North Korea before).
According to Seoul’s Yonhap News agency, “Government sources said the tested missiles appear to be an upgraded version of the North’s KN-23 Iskander ballistic missile, as the military detected the so-called pull-up maneuver over the course of their flight.”
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