North Korea Launches 10 Missiles, Triggering Air-Raid Alarm In South Korea. At least ten missiles were fired by North Korea into the ocean off its east and west coastlines on Wednesday.
One of these missiles flew dangerously close to South Korean waters, raising the possibility of an airstrike on a populated island, where residents took cover.
In retaliation, South Korea launched missiles from fighter jets into waters close to the territory of the North. The South’s Defense Ministry claimed that although all of the missiles landed into international waters, the exchange marked the first time missiles had been launched across the maritime border between the two countries.
The military issued an air-raid alert after one of the North’s missiles hit Ulleung, an island off the east coast of South Korea with a population of around 9,000. The chief director of operations for the South Korean military, Lt. Gen. Kang Shin Chul, described the launch as “a highly unusual and intolerable act.”
“The siren started blaring at 8:55 a.m. and we got a message from our government computer system saying that this is ‘a real-life situation,’ not a mock drill,” said Chung Young-hwan, a local official on Ulleung. “We took refuge at an underground shelter for three or four minutes before coming out again.”
South Korea releases footage showing it’s warplanes launching missiles north of the de facto inter-Korean sea border.
Source:salemgists.com
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