South and North Korea have been upgraded from an armaments confrontation to a ballistic missile clash. South Korea test-fired a high-powered ballistic missile on the 15th, and North Korea fired an unknown projectile into the East Sea around 6 am on the 28th. The Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) said on the same day that “North Korea fired an unidentified projectile toward the east from the Mupyong-ri..