The missile launch comes as the US and South Korea wrapped up six days of military exercises, dubbed “Vigilant Storm”, involving hundreds of troops, which Pyongyang said were practice for a full-scale invasion. A television screen shows a file image of North Korea’s missile launch during a news program at Seoul Railway Station in Seoul, South Korea, October 14, 2022. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon) SOUTH KOREA scrambles jets as NORTH KOREA LAUNCHES 180 BORDER FLIGHTS North Korea responded to these previously planned drills by launching dozens of short-range ballistic missiles and is suspected of attempting to develop an intercontinental ballistic missile in a failed test. Washington and Seoul have extended their joint military exercises in response to North Korea’s aggressive tactics. The launches on Saturday began shortly after 11:30 a.m. in North Korea and lasted for nearly 30 minutes, Reuters reported. The short-range ballistic missiles traveled about 80 miles out to sea and reached an altitude of 10 miles. This Saturday, August 10, 2019 photo released by the North Korean government shows what it says is the launch of a short-range ballistic missile from North Korea’s east coast. (Korea Central News Agency/Korea News Service via AP) US, SOUTH KOREA EXPAND AVIATION CARS AFTER NORTH KOREA DELETES ICBM Concerns have grown that Pyongyang may be preparing to resume nuclear tests for the first time since 2017, and leaders from the world’s top democracies called on North Korea to “abandon” its nuclear program and “any other weapons of mass destruction programs and ballistic missiles”. The G7 urged on Friday “the PRC [Democratic People’s Republic of Korea,] to immediately cease its destabilizing activity, to fully comply with all legal obligations deriving from the relevant UNSPAs [United Nation’s Security Council Resolutions]and comply with international nuclear safeguards. South Korea was forced to down 80 military aircraft on Friday after Pyongyang deployed around 180 warplanes near the joint Military Demarcation Line that has separated the two nations since the end of the Korean War in 1953. In this photo distributed by the North Korean government, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un applauds during a test fire of a Hwasong-17 intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM), at an undisclosed location in North Korea on March 24, 2022. . (AP) CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP North Korea has asked the US and South Korea to halt “provocative” air drills after Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin announced Thursday that the drills would be extended to ensure US-South Korean capabilities “to fight tonight if necessary.” A North Korean foreign ministry spokesman issued a statement late on Friday warning that “the continued provocation is sure to be followed by a continued counter-reaction,” Reuters reported. Caitlin McFall is a reporter at Fox News Digital, covering Politics, US and global news.
