North Korea fires two projectiles into sea

North Korea has fired a new type of short-range ballistic missile from its east coast, its first launches in more than two months as officials from Pyongyang and Washington struggle to restart nuclear negotiations


Wonsan: Two short-range missiles fired from mobile launchers, flying 430km and 690km respectively before landing in sea. Both reached altitude of 50km

KN-23

Weapons could be similar to two launched by North Korea in May. Experts said those missiles – likely Scud-C or KN-23 – strongly resembled Russia’s nuclear-capable Iskander missile that has been in Moscow’s arsenal for more than 10 years


CHINA
East China Sea
Yellow Sea (West Sea)
NORTH KOREA
Pyongyang
Seoul
SOUTH KOREA
430km
690km
Sea of Japan (East Sea)
RUSSIA
JAPAN
Tokyo
PACIFIC OCEAN

300km 200 miles


Source: Associated Press 
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