North Korea resumes weapons testing, launches two ballistic missiles that land near Japanese waters

Japanese Vice Defense Minister Toshiro Ino said both missiles flew 310 miles at a maximum altitude of 550 miles…North Korea fired a pair of ballistic missiles toward its eastern waters on Sunday, marking its first weapons test in a month. The launch comes two days after the country claimed it has performed a key test needed to build a more mobile, powerful intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) designed to hit the U.S. mainland…A statement from South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff said two North Korean ballistic missiles launched from the Tongchang-ri area were detected by its military, according to the Associated Press.