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N Korea at crossroads

North Korea fires surface-to-air ballistic missile: South military

Pyongyang says launches are in response to 'dangerous' Washington-Seoul drills

South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff said it had detected the launch of an unspecified ballistic missile from North Korea, but no further details, such as the projectile's flight range, were immediately available.   © Reuters

SEOUL (Reuters) -- North Korea fired at least one ballistic missile into the sea on Wednesday, as South Korea said it had identified debris from an earlier launch as part of a Soviet-era SA-5 surface-to-air missile.

Seoul's Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) said it had detected the launch of an unspecified ballistic missile from North Korea, but no further details, such as the projectile's flight range, were immediately available.

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