JAKARTA - The South Korean Navy managed to find and lift parts of North Korea's short-range ballistic missile off its coast, indicating an older weapons force with liquid fuel, according to Yonhap news agency.
Seoul's Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) said on Monday an underwater investigation by South Korean naval vessels had found debris believed to be part of North Korea's short-range ballistic missile (SRBM) fired last week.
Yonhap reported military analysis showed the debris appeared to form an old or old-type SRBM bottom based on liquid fuel, citing unnamed military sources.
An official at South Korea's Ministry of Defense said he could not immediately confirm the report, but the military would release the results of its analysis on Tuesday.
The debris comes after North Korea tested several missiles, including a possible failed intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM), and hundreds of artillery shells into the sea last week, protesting joint air exercises by South Korea and the United States.
It is known, it was the first time North Korean ballistic missiles landed near South Korean waters.
Meanwhile, North Korea's military said the launch was a simulation of an attack on South Korea and the United States, criticizing their drills as "dangerous and aggressive war games."
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