국방부 "北발사체 군사합의취지 어긋나... 긴장고조 중단촉구"<br /><br />South's Korea's military has expressed concern over North Korea's firing of multiple projectiles over the weekend, urging the regime to stop raising tensions.<br />Seoul's military says it's working with the U.S. military to try and determine whether short-range ballistic missiles were included in the firing.<br />Kim Ji-yeon reports. <br />South Korea's defense ministry has called on North Korea to halt acts that raise tensions on the peninsula.<br />At a briefing on Tuesday... a defense ministry spokesperson said that although North Korea's firing of short-range projectiles last week did not constitute a violation of an inter-Korean military agreement signed last September..., it did go against the spirit of said bilateral accord. <br />Seoul's Joint Chiefs of Staff said South Korean and U.S. intelligence units are jointly investigating on the specific type of projectiles used by the North.<br />The Joint Chiefs of Staff confirmed that the regime had fired multiple short-range projectiles... involving a new type of tactical guided weapon as well as 240 and 300 millimeter multiple rocket launcher systems off its east coast between 9:06 AM and 10:55 AM, local time on Saturday.<br />It said the military is trying to determine whether the new tactical guided weapons were ballistic missiles... considering factors such as flying altitudes... but said obstacles remain in rendering further identification.<br />An official described that several projectiles have flown in altitudes between 20 and 60 kilometers... lower than short-range ballistic missiles... which fly at an altitude of some 80 kilometers and have a target range of some 250 kilometers.<br />On whether the projectiles could be short-range ballistic missiles like the Russian Iskander-class ballistic missile, known to be able to carry a nuclear warhead while being difficult to intercept by existing Patriot or Terminal High-Altitude Area Defense systems,... the South Korean military responded that such possibility is still under investigation.<br />Kim Ji-yeon, Arirang News. <br />
