Today North Korea fired three short-range missiles into the Sea of Japan, according to the South Korean military, who suspect that this is a new model of tactical missile developed by the Pyongyang regime.
The shells were fired around 07:30 local time today (22:30 GMT Friday) from the town of Wonsan, southeast of the country, and flew about 210 kilometers before crashing into the East Sea (Sea of Japan), according Seoul.
South Korea's military remains attentive to the movements in North Korea and possible additional launches monitors, according to a senior military official to the Yonhap news agency.
Seoul is currently analyzing these type tested by Pyongyang on suspicion that it is a new model of short-range tactical missile launched as the last August 14 and September 1, the report said projectile.
We are investigating what is behind these releases so close together in time, "said senior South Korean military officer.
Today's essay raises to 19 the number of rocket or missile launches so far this year and 111 total rounds fired, according to the South Korean army.
North and South are still technically at war since the Korean War (1950-53), which ended with an armistice until today never replaced by a final peace treaty.
United States today maintains 28,000 troops in the South 500 to defend his Asian partner inheritance conflict.
On Thursday, Seoul and Washington announced the creation of their first joint division of their armed forces to war operations, a unit that will start operating in the first half of 2015 and could generate new tensions with Pyongyang.
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