S. Korea, US react with ballistic missile exercise

South Korea and the United States conducted another round of combined ballistic missile drills Saturday in a show of firepower against North Korea, Seoul's military said.

The live-fire exercise held along the east coast involved the South's Hyunmoo-2 and the U.S. 8th Army's ATACMS, according to the Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS).

The Hyunmoo-2 is a ballistic missile with a range of 300 kilometers, and the ATACMS, or the Army Tactical Missile System, is a surface-to-surface missile with a similar range.

The allies reaffirmed their capabilities for "precise strike on the enemy's leadership," the JCS said in a statement.

The training came hours after the North fired its second intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) from an area near the border with China.

The allies held such joint ballistic missile drills early this month following the communist nation's firing of the Hwasong-14 ICBM. (Yonhap)