![Pinterest](https://pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=https://uknews.evprotec.com/north-korea-launches-ballistic-missile-as-air-raid-sirens-blare-in-the-south/&media=https://uknews.evprotec.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/0_NKOREA-MILITARY-MISSILE.jpg&description=We'll be bringing you the very latest updates, pictures and video on this breaking news storyNorth Korea has fired an "unknown ballistic missile" off its coast (stock image) North Korea has fired an "unknown ballistic missile" off its east coast, reportedly said the South Korean Joint Chiefs of Staff. It came just hours after a veiled threat to use nuclear weapons to get the US and South Korea to "pay the most horrible price in history" in an escalation of its criticism of ongoing military drills between its rivals. Animosities on the Korean Peninsula have been running high in recent months, with North Korea testing a string of nuclear-capable missiles and adopting a law authorising the pre-emptive use of its nuclear weapons in a broad range of situations. Experts still doubt North Korea could use nuclear weapons first in the face of more superior US and South Korean forces. North Korea has argued its recent weapons tests were meant to issue a warning to Washington and Seoul over their series of joint military drills that it views as an invasion rehearsal, including this week's exercises involving about 240 warplanes. North Korea has been testing a string of nuclear-capable missiles in recent months ( KCNA VIA KNS/AFP via Getty Image) Pak Jong Chon, a secretary of the ruling Workers' Party who is considered a close confidant of leader Kim Jong Un, called the so-called "Vigilant Storm" air force drills "aggressive and provocative." Mr Pak also accused the Pentagon of formulating a North Korean regime collapse as a major policy objective in an apparent reference to the Pentagon's recently released National Defence Strategy report. The report stated any nuclear attack by North Korea against the United States or its allies and partners "will result in the end of that regime". He slammed South Korean military leaders over what he called "rubbish" comments that threatened to destroy North Korea if it uses nuclear weapons. South Korea's military has warned North Korea that){kind=link}
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North Korea has fired an “unknown ballistic missile” off its east coast, reportedly said the South Korean Joint Chiefs of Staff.
It came just hours after a veiled threat to use nuclear weapons to get the US and South Korea to “pay the most horrible price in history” in an escalation of its criticism of ongoing military drills between its rivals.
Animosities on the Korean Peninsula have been running high in recent months, with North Korea testing a string of nuclear-capable missiles and adopting a law authorising the pre-emptive use of its nuclear weapons in a broad range of situations.
Experts still doubt North Korea could use nuclear weapons first in the face of more superior US and South Korean forces.