South and North Korea fire missiles hours apart, raising prospect of arms race

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The South's submarine-launched missile test came hours after it said the nuclear-armed North fired two ballistic missiles of its own into the sea.

South Korea's first underwater-launched ballistic missile is test-fired from a 3,000-ton-class submarine at an undisclosed location in South KoreaSouth Korea successfully test-fired a submarine-launched ballistic missile Wednesday, becoming only the seventh country in the world with the advanced technology and raising the prospect of a regional arms race.

South Korea's test is a strategic advance for Seoul. It has been strengthening its military capabilities to counter the threat posed by the North, which is under international sanctions for its nuclear weapons and ballistic missile programs.Getty Images AsiaPac With the successful tests, South Korea now has "sufficient deterrence to respond to North Korea's provocations at any time", Mr Moon said, adding that his country should continue increasing its weapons programs to "overwhelm North Korea's asymmetric power".

 

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UShypocrisy RightWingHypocrisy

When we all have nuclear missiles we can make some nice end-of-the-year fireworks

War mongering BS! LET THE Korean people unite! Get the us of war criminal terrorist of the peninsula, let those people have their own life! Destroying them MURDERING millions wasn't enough? WHY? North Korea, just like Afghanistan has TRILLIONS worth of rare earth minerals!

Bang Your turn Bang

We are now targets

Did Mr Potato get excited?

Whale watching ;) how is the splash ?

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