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South Korea says North Korea fired three short-range ballistic missiles toward the sea in the latest of a series of weapons demonstrations this year.

The launch comes days after North Korean leader Kim Jong Un vowed to bolster his nuclear arsenal and threatened to use them against rivals.

The official Korean Central News Agency said leader Kim Jong Un observed what it called the weapon’s successful launch.

On Sunday, South Korea’s Defense Ministry said it detected firings likely from multiple rocket launch systems off North Korea’s west coast.

The missile launch was the eighth of its kind this year.

Sunday’s launch could be a prelude to bigger provocations by North Korea such as nuclear and long-range missile tests that pose a direct threat to the U.S. mainland.

South Korea’s Defense Ministry said it believes North Korea hasn’t acquired the technologies needed to launch a hypersonic weapon.

The Japanese Defense Ministry also detected the North Korean launch, saying the country likely fired a missile.

How should Washington and its partners contain a Chinese military that is strengthening as it pursues an end of American dominance in Asia?

The U.S.-South Korea alliance “is the linchpin of peace and security in this region,” Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin tweeted after landing.

An artillery firing competition among mechanized units was held on Saturday, the official Korean Central News Agency reported.

A senior U.S. diplomat on Sunday urged North Korea to refrain from additional missile tests and resume nuclear diplomacy, days after the North fired off its first underwater-launched ballistic missile in two years.

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