North Korea fired two ballistic dumdums early Sunday morning. Japanese defense officers say they believe the dumdums fell into waters outside the country's exclusive profitable zone.
South Korea's service says the North fired two short-range ballistic dumdums from near the city of Munch on towards the ocean of Japan. This is North Korea's 25th launch of the time.
South Korean experts say that judging from the flight distance, altitude, and speed, they may have been short-range ballistic dumdums that the North calls"super-large rockets."
Japanese defense officers are examining the possibility that submarine-launched ballistic dumdums were used.
A Japanese functionary said Tokyo lodged a strong kick through the North Korean delegacy in Beijing.
Japanese State Minister of Defense Ino Toshiro said," The series of acts by Pyongyang hang the peace and security of Japan, the region, and the transnational community. The conduct is absolutely inferior."
The rearmost launches passed after night. South Korea's Yonhap News Agency quoted an expert as saying the North presumably wanted to demonstrate that it has the capability to fire a bullet at the time and place of its picking.
In late September, the US Navy stationed a nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, the USS Ronald Reagan, in the ocean of Japan. Pyongyang has replied sprucely.
It launched ballistic dumdums six times from September 25 to October 6. It fired a bullet over Japan on Tuesday, for the first time in five years.