N Korea fires multiple ballistic missiles toward eastern waters

....days after the end of the South Korean-U.S. military drills that the North views as an invasion rehearsal.

Chicken or egg?

The North Koreans are like the ants that ruin a picnic. Or perhaps like flies in the buttermilk. In any event, just bad mannered and annoying little pests that need to be ‘shoo-ed’ away…

No, they have a very large capable military that is armed with nuclear weapons. They need to be taken very seriously.

"At a maximum speed of 50 kph (30 mph)".

They sound like very slow missiles, from this article.

I guess they must have gone a short way upwards in between, like a few thousand kilometers perhaps?

Kishida denounced North Korea’s repeated ballistic missile tests as acts “that threaten the peace and safety of Japan

100% groundless. However, the Japanese inconvenience especially in terms of atomic technology is a threat to the world.

Experts say North Korea likely believes a bigger weapons arsenal would increase its leverage in future diplomacy with the United States.

Kim Jong Un would be better off honing his love-letter-writing skills in case his easily-flattered paramour gets in again. It's cheaper and it easily worked before.

So they took 7 hours to cover the distance?

More desperately needed food and medicine denied the people of North Korea so that Kim can wave his stick around and imagine everyone actually cares. The only ones who do are the starving and sick population of North Korea.

Such a shame NK has such an idiotic leader who cares nothing for his people or their welfare.

Mr KiplingToday 10:45 am JST

The North Koreans are like the ants that ruin a picnic. Or perhaps like flies in the buttermilk. In any event, just bad mannered and annoying little pests that need to be ‘shoo-ed’ away…

No, they have a very large capable military that is armed with nuclear weapons. They need to be taken very seriously.

They can be taken seriously while Kim tries to figure out how to feed his people with missiles.

they have a very large capable military that is armed with nuclear weapons. They need to be taken very seriously.

Yeah right.....

They all traveled a distance of 350 kilometers (about 220 miles) at the maximum speed of 50 kilometers (about 30 miles) per hour.

So, these missiles are travelling at a speed most people can ride push-bikes at.

Great job, Fat Boy!

Japan should not mess with North Korea. The task of destroying Korea and exterminating the Korean people is the mission of Biden's America, not the mission of Japan.

Japan should not mess with North Korea. The task of destroying Korea and exterminating the Korean people is the mission of Biden's America, not the mission of Japan.

The only one set to destroy Korea and exterminate the Korean people is Kim Jong Un. Nobody else wants to, certainly not Japan or America.

More desperately needed food and medicine denied the people of North Korea so that Kim can wave his stick around and imagine everyone actually cares. 

Unpopular fact, but those missile launches are probably what’s bringing in whatever measly foreign investment that NK receives.

Buyers from Syria, Yemen, Lebanon, and recently Russia, are buying cheap NK knock off Scuds and Mid-Range ballistic missiles to support their wars.

Testing new normal, NK now serious military power, US NATO Ukraine Proxy War, triggered Russian military weapons technology proliferation on a far greater scale than ever in all of human history combined.

As result, NK has thousands of times more killing power than just a few short years ago. Japan's big loser with greatest increase in risk. China, Iran, Belarus and untold proxies of theirs including terrorists, also huge beneficiaries of Russian Weapons tech. proliferation.

To top it off, NK, Iran, Belarus and China in their cloaked and clever way, often utilizing NK for 'final assembly', have all become massive weapons producers.

US NATO Ukraine Proxy War - Real Life Consequences. NATO eastward expansion, rocket fuel for bi-polar world, BRICS growth, de-dollarization, there's no going back.

HopeSpringsEternalToday 03:40 pm JST

Testing new normal, NK now serious military power, US NATO Ukraine Proxy War, triggered Russian military weapons technology proliferation on a far greater scale than ever in all of human history combined.

Still Putin's War

As result, NK has thousands of times more killing power than just a few short years ago. Japan's big loser with greatest increase in risk. China, Iran, Belarus and untold proxies of theirs including terrorists, also huge beneficiaries of Russian Weapons tech. proliferation.

You like all of those countries, though. Also I doubt China wants Russian equipment given how poorly it has performed in Ukraine.

To top it off, NK, Iran, Belarus and China in their cloaked and clever way, often utilizing NK for 'final assembly', have all become massive weapons producers.

NK still desperately poor.

US NATO Ukraine Proxy War - Real Life Consequences. NATO eastward expansion, rocket fuel for bi-polar world, BRICS growth, de-dollarization, there's no going back.

Russia's westward expansion is terrible for the world, you are right.

Pres. Kim must be please his rocket technology has surpassed Japan in recent times, NK busy testing and busy selling their weapons to Russia and others.

Yes, of course, how could it be otherwise! After all, 50 km/h is a speed worthy only of the most modern rocket! I hope they didn't go to a tea party on the moon along the way.

They sound like very slow missiles, from this article.

@HopeSpringsEternal WRONG!! Lil Kim is pleased that he has a buyer to buy the crap that works less than 35% of the time. Ask the Russians in the field using the weapons, articles sent home to other Russians say half the ammo they fire are duds. When it does explode they cheer!

Pres. Kim must be please his rocket technology has surpassed Japan in recent times, NK busy testing and busy selling their weapons to Russia and others.

Their economy is non-existent and many of the people there are starving to death, yet North Korea can spend money on this. According to Trump, Kim is a really smart guy. I don’t agree.