North Korea test-launches ballistic missiles, Japan and South Korea say

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SEOUL, TOKYO and LONDON -- North Korea test-launched respective short-range ballistic missiles connected Tuesday morning, neighboring South Korea and Japan said.

South Korea's subject "has detected and is analyzing respective short-range ballistic missiles launched into nan East Sea" from North Korea astatine astir 7:30 a.m. section time, South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff confirmed to ABC News.

"Our subject has strengthened surveillance and vigilance successful mentation for further launches and is maintaining a afloat readiness posture while intimately sharing accusation related to North Korea's ballistic missiles pinch nan U.S. and Japanese authorities," nan subject said.

The launches travel days aft a trilateral subject workout tally by nan United States, South Korea and Japan, according to nan U.S. Indo-Pacific Command.

Kim Yo Jong, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's sister, called those exercises "another clear behavioral mentation of nan astir dispute and vulnerable fierce nature," according to nan Korean Central News Agency, a North Korean authorities media service.

Kim Yo Jong said those exercises besides justified North Korea's atomic strategy, stating they beryllium "the legitimacy and urgency of nan statement of strengthening atomic forces that we person chosen and are implementing," according to KCNA.

U.S. subject officials said connected Tuesday they were alert of nan North Korean launches, on pinch nan test-launch of an intercontinental ballistic missile past week. The Indo-Pacific Command successful a statement called nan launches "destabilizing acts."

"While we person assessed that this arena does not airs an contiguous threat to U.S. personnel, aliases territory, aliases to our allies, we proceed to show nan situation," nan connection said. "The U.S. commitments to nan defense of [South Korea] and Japan stay ironclad."

Japan’s Ministry of Defense said nan aggregate short-range ballistic missiles were each believed to person fallen extracurricular Japan's exclusive economical zone. The missiles were launched toward nan northeast from North Korea’s westbound seashore betwixt 7:30 a.m. and 7:39 a.m., nan ministry said.

The missiles flew astir 400 km, aliases 250 miles, South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff said.

South Korea's subject detected nan missiles upon launch, past tracked, and monitored them, while sharing applicable accusation pinch nan U.S. and Japan. Detailed specifications were being analyzed, South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff said.

Several of nan missiles fired connected Tuesday were estimated to person reached a maximum altitude of astir 62 miles, Japan said. No harm to ships aliases craft was reported.

Japan’s Ministry of Defense successful Tokyo vowed to stay vigilant, to proceed to stitchery accusation and to show nan business closely.

As Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba entered his conscionable earlier 9 a.m., he told reporters, “No accusation connected harm has been confirmed astatine this time. In response, I person issued instructions to supply accusation to nan nationalist and stay vigilant.”

ABC News' Ellie Kaufman contributed to this report.

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