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Friday, August 01, 2014

North fires four missiles, though three attempts fail

KN-09 multiple-rocket launcherNorth Korea fired four short-range projectiles with a cutting-edge, precision-guided rocket launcher, though three of them fell to the ground, failing to reach the sea, a Seoul official told the JoongAng Ilbo on Wednesday.

A senior official from South Korea’s Ministry of National Defense said North Korea appeared to use its KN-09 multiple-rocket launcher, with a Russian GLONASS GPS system, for the launch of the four rockets on Wednesday.

The South’s Joint Chiefs of Staff confirmed Pyongyang test-fired four 300-mm projectiles at 7:30 a.m., 7:40 a.m., 5:50 p.m. and 6 p.m. on Wednesday at a launch site near Mount Mohyang, in North Pyongan, a central region, toward the East Sea.

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