N. Korea military test-fire short range missiles

North Korea’s military fired short-range missiles into the East Sea (Sea of Japan) on Friday, Yonhap reported, at a time of heightened tensions following Pyongyang’s recent nuclear test.

A single unit of the North’s military test-fired the missiles presumed to be KN-02, estimated to have a range of about 120 kilometers (74 miles), the report said.

"The launch was seen as testing its capability for short-range missiles. It seemed to be conducted on a military-unit level, not at a national level," said a military source in Seoul cited by the South Korean news agency.

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