The South Korean army said on Wednesday it had recovered and analyzed debris from a missile fired by Pyongyang beyond the line serving as the de facto maritime border between the two countries, during a recent wave of fire.
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On Wednesday, South Korea’s defense ministry said in a statement that it had successfully recovered a piece three meters long and two meters wide, identified as a North Korean SA-5 missile.
“The SA-5 is a missile that can also be used as a surface-to-surface missile,” he said.
“Russia recently used a similar surface-to-air missile as a surface-to-surface missile in the war in Ukraine,” the statement added.
On Nov. 2, North Korea fired a record more than 20 missiles, including a short-range ballistic missile that crossed the maritime border between the two countries.
The inhabitants of the South Korean island of Ulleungdo had then received a rare warning inviting them to take refuge in shelters.
South Korea’s military had said it was the ‘first time since the division of the peninsula’ and the ceasefire at the end of the Korean War in 1953 that a North Korean missile had come so close. southern territorial waters.
Shortly after, South Korea dispatched a rescue ship to search for the missile, which fell at sea at a depth of 1,500 to 2,000 meters, according to the specialized site NK News, established in Seoul.
On Tuesday, North Korea’s defense ministry refuted US accusations that Pyongyang is supplying artillery ammunition to Russia for its war in Ukraine.
Pyongyang was responding to accusations made last week by White House National Security Council spokesman John Kirby that North Korea was sending a ‘significant number’ of shells to Russia ‘in a covert manner’ , by “trying to make it look like they are being sent to the Middle East or Africa.”