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Thu, February 9, 2023 | 09:03
N. Korea test-fires 7 ground-to-air missiles into East Sea: JCS
北, 키리졸브 종료 전날 지대공 미사일 7발 동해로 발사
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North Korea has test-fired seven ground-to-air missiles into the East Sea in an apparent saber-rattling against the South Korean-U.S. joint military exercises, the Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) said Friday.

Thursday's missile launch came a day before Seoul and Washington wrapped up their combined annual war game Key Resolve, which Pyongyang denounces as a rehearsal for invasion of the communist country.

"The North Korean military fired multiple rounds of ground-to-air missiles into the East Sea from Seondok, South Hamkyong Province, at around 6-7 p.m. yesterday," the JCS said in a brief statement.

The JCS believes that North Korean leader Kim Jong-un guided the test-firing, a JCS officer said on condition of anonymity.

"The mssiles fired were presumed to SA-2 and SA-3 types that have a range of dozens of kilometers as well as a SA-5 one that flew some 200 kilometers," the officer said, adding it was the first time for the North to test-fire the SA-5 missile.

Noting that the firing "appears to be the North's provocations in opposition to the joint exercises," the JCS said the South Korean military "has strengthened the readiness posture and plans to solidify the alliance through the exercises."

South Korea and the U.S. kicked off their joint annual Key Resolve and Foal Eagle military exercises on March 2 as part of efforts to improve the combined forces' operation and combat capabilities to deter threats from the communist country.

The war game Key Resolve ended Friday, while the field training drill Foal Eagle will run until April 24.

No North Korean media has reported the test-firing, the North's fifth missile launch this year.

On the first day of the Seoul-Washington exercises, Pyongyang fired two short-range Scud-C type missiles. In February, it also fired five short-range missiles into the East Sea just two days after the launch of anti-ship missiles under the guidance of leader Kim Jong-un.

Repeating its long-held claims that the exercises are "dress rehearsals" for a northward invasion with nuclear weapons, the North has issued near-daily threats of harsh retaliation against "hostile" forces.

But the allies have stressed the exercises have been staged on a regular basis and they are defensive in nature, aimed solely at bolstering readiness against a possible invasion by North Korea. (Yonhap)


北, 키리졸브 종료 전날 지대공 미사일 7발 동해로 발사

김정은 어제 훈련 참관…사거리 200여㎞ SA-5 첫 시험발사

북한이 한반도 유사시에 대비한 키 리졸브(KR) 연습 종료 전날인 12일 김정은 국방위원회 제1위원장이 참관한 가운데 SA계열의 지대공 미사일 발사 훈련을 했다고 합동참모본부가 13일 밝혔다.

합참의 한 관계자는 이날 '북한군은 어제 저녁 6시부터 7시까지 함경남도 선덕 일대에서 SA 계열 지대공 미사일 7발을 동해로 발사해 공해상에 낙하했다'며 '이번 훈련은 김정은이 참관한 것으로 판단된다'고 말했다.

북한군이 이번에 발사한 지대공 미사일은 SA-2(최대사거리 47㎞), SA-3(13~35㎞), SA-5(260여㎞)로 합참은 추정했다. 

합참 관계자는 'SA-2와 SA-3의 사거리는 수십㎞였고, SA-5의 사거리는 200여㎞였다'며 'SA-5의 시험발사는 이번이 처음'이라고 설명했다.

북한은 지대공 미사일을 발사하기 전에 항행금지구역을 선포하지 않은 것으로 알려졌다.

합참은 북한의 이번 지대공 미사일 발사는 최근 함대함 및 지대함 미사일 발사훈련, 서북도서 대상 합동공격훈련에 이어 한미 연합훈련인 키 리졸브 연습과 독수리(FE) 훈련에 대응한 무력시위로 평가했다.

북한은 지난달부터 키 리졸브 연습과 독수리 훈련에 대한 비난 수위를 높이면서 단거리 발사체를 5번이나 발사했다.

지난달 6일 사거리 100여㎞인 KN 계열의 함대함 미사일 4발을, 같은 달 8일 단거리 전술미사일로 추정되는 사거리 200여㎞의 발사체 5발을 각각 동해로 발사했다. 

같은달 20일에는 남포 일대에서 서해로 사거리 83∼95㎞의 실크웜 미사일을 발사했다.

북한은 키 리졸브 훈련 시작일인 지난 2일 새벽에도 스커드 계열 미사일로 추정되는 단거리 탄도미사일 2발을 동해 상으로 발사한 바 있다.

합참은 '우리 군은 북한의 다양한 군사활동을 예의주시하고 있다'며 '한미 연합훈련을 통해 더욱 튼튼한 한미동맹을 만들어 갈 것'이라고 밝혔다.

한반도 유사시에 대비한 지휘소연습(CPX)인 키 리졸브 연습은 이날 훈련 강평을 끝으로 종료됐고, 실제 병력과 장비가 참가해 진행되는 야외기동훈련(FTX)인 독수리훈련은 다음 달 24일까지 진행된다. (연합뉴스)
 
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