North Korea fired two short-range ballistic missiles into the East Sea from the Yangdeok area in South Pyongan Province at 12:34 and 39 pm on the 15th, just before the test of a South Korean SLBM submarine.
South Korea launched an underwater mounted SLBM from the Dosan Anchang, delivered on the 13th, during the observation of President Moon Jae-in at the Defense Science Research Institute (ADD) Comprehensive Test Site in the afternoon.
The Blue House said on the same day, "The delivered submarine-aunched ballistic missile (SLBM) was mounted on the delivered Dosan Anchang ship and launched from underwater, and it flew over the planned range and hit the target precisely."
China reported on the same day that state media reported that South Korea would even pursue the development of a nuclear submarine equipped with an SLBM.
The ROK Navy announced earlier that it would launch three Dosan Anchang-ho (3,000-ton class) ships, three 3,600-ton class ships, and subsequently build three medium-sized submarines of 4,000-ton class and above.
At the National Assembly on the 14th, Foreign Minister Chung Eui-yong said, “The denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula is a promise that Chairman Kim Jong-un made directly in front of the people. It is a realistic solution,” he said, stating 'pressure on the North Korean system.'
In response to the announcement of various ballistic missile development plans, including a surface-to-ground and surface-to-surface surface to counter the North Korean nuclear threat, in the '2022-2026 Medium-Term Defense Plan' of the South Korean Ministry of National Defense on the 12th, Echo, a North Korean propaganda media, said, "The Ministry of National Defense focuses on enhancing the ability to strike North Korea's core facilities. It was decided as a business." He said, "If you open your mouth, you insist on peace, but behind the scenes, you are sharpening a knife aimed at your own people. “There is no room for further discussion as to by whom peace on the Korean Peninsula is threatened and by whom the inter-Korean relations are deteriorating,” he said.
North Korea's Korean Central News Agency reported on the 13th that the new long-range cruise missile test-fired successfully on the 11th and 12th, flew about 15,000 km, and then hit the target.
NHK broadcast, citing experts, reported that if the range of North Korean missiles is true, all of Japan could come within range and pose a new threat to North Korea.