Breaking News::::: NORTH KOREA has fired FOUR short-range missiles..... (South Korea confirms)

[tbone95860]

Fox News::::: Breaking News South Korean Official: NorthKorea Test-Fires Two Short-Range Missiles

MSNBC::::: BREAKING NEWS: South Korea confirms that North fired two short-range missiles

BREAKING NEWS - South Korean media report that North Korea has test-fired two short-range missiles.

Yonhap news agency reported Thursday the North fired two ground-to-ship missiles from its eastern coast.

"One was fired at 5:20 p.m. and the other at 6:00 p.m. from Sinsang-ni" near the eastern coastal city of Wonsan, South Korean defense ministry spokesman Won Tae-jae told Yonhap.

The report gave no further details.

News cable channel YTN carried a similar report.


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SEOUL, South Korea (CNN) -- North Korea test-fired a fourth short-range missile off its east coast Thursday, South Korea's Yonhap News Agency reported.

South Korea's Defense Ministry had earlier confirmed three launches, but could not immediately be reached about the fourth reported missile.

The first three missiles were fired at 5:20 p.m., 6 p.m., and 7:50 p.m. local time from Sinsang-ni near the eastern coastal city of Wonsan, a ministry spokesman said.

A U.S. official told CNN "the missile firings come as no surprise."

"The North has been carrying out provocative acts for some time," said the official, who did not want to be named for security reasons. "North Korea needs to stop this type of activity and return to the process of bringing about a denuclearization of the Korean peninsula."

A U.S. intelligence official confirmed the test firings and said there are "no indications whatsoever" of an impending long-range missile test.

The intelligence official, who could also not be named for security reasons, said the launches came as no surprise because North Korea had issued a warning to mariners to avoid an area in the Sea of Japan at certain times between June 24 and July 9 because of a "military firing exercise," according to a U.S. military communication about the warning provided to CNN.

The North issued a similar warning before testing a long-range missile in April, but that warning indicated two potential danger areas more indicative of a long-range missile test.

Thursday's reported test comes amid heightened tensions on the Korean peninsula. North Korea conducted a nuclear test in May, fired test rockets and threatened U.S. and South Korean ships near its territorial waters.

Analyst Daniel Pinkston said the reported test might be training for a future test but it could also just be a routine military exercise.

"It is worrisome to some degree, but it is different from a ballistic missile launch," said Pinkston, of the International Crisis Group in Seoul, South Korea.

"It's part of military training, but there seem to be no movements of troops or anything that would suggest preparations for military operations.

"So yes, people are watching it, the military is watching it here, but I don't think it's related to any plans or operations to attack anyone."
Russia had a low-key reaction to the reported test. Russian military experts are carefully studying the reports but the launches will not change the political situation, a spokesman for Russia's Foreign Ministry said.

 

[mister916]

OHHHHH *+%@!

 

[davizzy]

this really isnt good.

 

[rightguard]

lets go to war

 

[in yo nostril]

not a big deal.

 

[enrique23]

damn...they better stop playing with that s#$% before we go and blow them up

 

[blastamasta8]

Nuke em Rico!

 

[kobeeh]

what's wrong with this country?

 

[jordanhead2]

We need to shut their #%$%! down

 

[bush man 2002]

Uh oh

 

[snaggykicks]

Why are they so angry?

 

[ricekrispies420]

 

[tbone95860]

North Korea is like an annoying little brat kid lighting off fire works directed toward your house just to try & get you to pay attention tothem.... because no one actually cares or likes them & everyone knows an adult (America) could just go smack the kid (North Korea) and make em stop whathe's doing

 

[certifiedsw]

Originally Posted by BlastaMasta8

Nuke em Rico!

 

[fifaboy03]

should i be scared? i really believe they arent going to do anything.

 

[da doc03]

 

[deenyce]

R.I.P. NT

 

[mo matik]

Originally Posted by TBONE95860

North Korea is like an annoying little brat kid lighting off fire works directed toward your house just to try & get you to pay attention to them.... because no one actually cares or likes them & everyone knows an adult (America) could just go smack the kid (North Korea) and make em stop what he's doing

riiiiiiight.

I don't think we should look at it like this. To underestimate any enemy in a time of nuclear technology could turn out to be a big mistake.

 

[marlsj]

 

[tbone95860]

Originally Posted by Mo Matik

Originally Posted by TBONE95860

North Korea is like an annoying little brat kid lighting off fire works directed toward your house just to try & get you to pay attention to them.... because no one actually cares or likes them & everyone knows an adult (America) could just go smack the kid (North Korea) and make em stop what he's doing

riiiiiiight.

I don't think we should look at it like this. To underestimate any enemy in a time of nuclear technology could turn out to be a big mistake.

Either way. No country wants it with us.
United States > any country in the world
North Korea knows that....
They just are trying to get stuff from us and other countries and being really annoying in the process and need to be dealt with in some fashion

 

[mo matik]

That whole us > them philosophy gets us no where.

 

[Ruck13]

Originally Posted by TBONE95860

Originally Posted by Mo Matik

Originally Posted by TBONE95860

North Korea is like an annoying little brat kid lighting off fire works directed toward your house just to try & get you to pay attention to them.... because no one actually cares or likes them & everyone knows an adult (America) could just go smack the kid (North Korea) and make em stop what he's doing

riiiiiiight.

I don't think we should look at it like this. To underestimate any enemy in a time of nuclear technology could turn out to be a big mistake.

Either way. No country wants it with us.
United States > any country in the world
North Korea knows that....
They just are trying to get stuff from us and other countries and being really annoying in the process and need to be dealt with in some fashion

I agree somewhat with both of you... I'm sure if needed, we have some E.L.E. type nukes on stash to just wipe a spot off the planet. But wereally can't underestimate anyone with nuclear capabilities. Lord forbid someone actually sneaks one in on us..All hell would break loose.

 

[id walk a mile for a camel]

Originally Posted by TBONE95860

North Korea is like an annoying little brat kid lighting off fire works directed toward your house just to try & get you to pay attention to them.... because no one actually cares or likes them & everyone knows an adult (America) could just go smack the kid (North Korea) and make em stop what he's doing

nuclear weapons.

dude... terrible analogy.

 

[youngsk8]

Send some of them U.S. boys to his front door.

 

[pill clinton]

RIP