Seoul:North Korea again fired two more projectiles believed to be short-range ballistic missiles into the East Sea on Saturday, South Korea's military said, the latest in a series of sabre-rattling moves against the joint exercise between Seoul and Washington.
The projectiles were fired at 5.32 a.m. and 5.50 a.m. from its eastern coastal city of Hamhung in South Hamgyong province into the East Sea and both flew around 400 km at a maximum altitude of 48 km and a top speed of around Mach 6.1, media quoted the Joint Chiefs of Staff as saying.
"We see high chances of additional launches, as North Korea is now carrying out summertime drills and the combined exercise between South Korea and the US is underway," the JCS said in a statement.
"We have been closely monitoring the situation while maintaining staunch military readiness."
Saturday marked the fifth such launch since July 25 when the North fired two short-range missiles.