North Korea Fired Two Short-Range Ballistic Missiles After U.S.-South Korea Drills

This March 26 file photo carried by North Korea's Korean Central News Agency shows a KN-23 missile being launched from a transporter erector launcher on March 25. The North on Thursday fired two short-range ballistic missiles, one of which is assumed to be the KN-25.  

CNN: North Korea fires two ballistic missiles, South Korea and Japan say 

North Korea fired two short-range ballistic missiles from the Munchon area of Kangwon Province to the waters off the peninsula’s eastern coast, South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff told reporters on Sunday. 

The missiles were launched between 1:47 a.m. and 1:53 a.m. local time Sunday, according to Japan’s State Minister of Defense Toshiro Ino. Both missiles fell outside Japan’s Exclusive Economic Zone, Ino added. 

The first missile is estimated to have flown about 350 kilometers, or 217 miles, at a maximum altitude of approximately 100 kilometers, or 62 miles, according to Ino. The second traveled about the same distance.   

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Update #1: NKorea launches 2 missiles toward sea after US-SKorea drills -- AP  

Update #2: North Korea fires two missiles after US-South Korea drills -- Al Jazeera  

WNU Editor: It looks like the deployment of the USS Ronald Reagan Carrier Strike Group has rattled the North Korean leadership .... Reagan naval drills spark another missile launch by North Korea (AP).