Kim's enemies were embarrassed: South Korea fired a missile that landed on its territory

EPA-EFE/MAXIM SHIPENKOV missiles

South Korea's military apologized yesterday for causing public panic by failing to launch a missile during a joint exercise with the US military in response to North Korea's ballistic missile launch a day earlier.

north korea missile EPA-EFE / KIM HEE-CHUL

Missile forces under the command of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un on Tuesday launched a missile that flew over Japan and fell into the Pacific Ocean after a flight of 4.600 km.

It was Kim's first ballistic missile launch in five years, and South Korean and US troops immediately launched several missiles into the sea in joint maneuvers.

Flags of North Korea and South Korea / Photo: marketwatch.com

The US missiles were successfully fired, but a South Korean Hyunmu-2 missile failed shortly after launch and crashed near Kangung, an east coast city of more than 200.000 residents. Fortunately, the warhead did not explode, but only the rocket fuel ignited, which was enough to cause chaos in the city.

South Korea's military headquarters said there were no casualties and that they were investigating the cause of the failed launch.

 

Dear reader,

Our access to web content is free, because we believe in equality in information, regardless of whether someone can pay or not. Therefore, in order to continue our work, we ask for the support of our community of readers by financially supporting the Free Press. Become a member of Sloboden Pechat to help the facilities that will enable us to deliver long-term and quality information and TOGETHER let's ensure a free and independent voice that will ALWAYS BE ON THE PEOPLE'S SIDE.

SUPPORT A FREE PRESS.
WITH AN INITIAL AMOUNT OF 60 DENARS

Video of the day