North Korea fires cruise missiles, says South Korean navy

By Reuters: North Korea fired a number of cruise missiles towards the ocean to the west of the Korean Peninsula, the South Korean navy mentioned on Saturday.

This could be North Korea’s newest missile launch because it fired two ballistic missiles on Wednesday, as Pyongyang and Washington step up shows of navy power in a standoff over the remoted nation’s nuclear weapons and missile programmes.

Various cruise missiles have been launched since round 4 am Saturday native time (1900 Friday GMT) have been detected, South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff mentioned.

On Wednesday, North Korea fired missiles hours after a US nuclear-armed ballistic missile submarine (SSBN) surfaced for a uncommon go to to South Korea.

North Korea additionally warned on Thursday that deployment of US plane carriers, bombers or missile submarines in South Korea may meet standards for its use of nuclear weapons.