الأحد، 23 مارس 2014
North Korea fired on Sunday 16 short-range missile from its east coast towards the sea , as reported by South Korean Defense Ministry , after a similar missile test included the launch of a missile in the same thirty -term .
A spokesman for the Defense Ministry in Seoul said the rockets were fired from the east coast of North Korea toward the Sea of Japan .
"It was a missile with a range of about sixty kilometers ," he said, adding that this model of Frog missiles , a Russian-made long-standing and unguided .
The launch came this batch of missiles a day after the launch of Pyongyang first batch included thirty rockets similar .
Since the end of February , Pyongyang has conducted several similar experiments on short-range missiles .
The launch of these missiles a new episode in the context of missile tests conducted by Pyongyang and raise the ire of Washington and Seoul .
The Seoul has demanded Pyongyang - urgently - Monday to halt missile tests , which she described provocation .
It also called on the U.S. State Department , for its part , Pyongyang to refrain from " provocative actions increase tension ."
According to experts, the new missile test would most likely lead to an escalation of tension on the Korean peninsula , but its goal is to show the anger of Pyongyang from the U.S. to continue military exercises South Korean joint .
This annual exercise began this year on February 25 and ends in April / April .
It is reported that after months of high tension in 2012 and 2013 , entered the relations between Seoul and Pyongyang phase of relative calm , which allowed the resumption of meetings between families separated by the Korean War ( 1950-1953 ) and for the first time three years ago .
aljazeera.net
