North Korea fires four short-range ballistic missiles toward Yellow Sea

North Korea has fired four short-range ballistic missiles (SRBM) toward the Yellow Sea.

According to the Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) of South Korea, it detected the launches from Tongrim County in North Pyongyan Province on November 5, Yonhap News Agency reports.

The missiles flew about 130 kilometres at an apogee of 20 km with a top speed of Mach 5, it added.

On November 5, two B-1B strategic bombers joined the Vigilant Storm exercise alongside four South Korean F-35A stealth fighter jets and 4 U.S. F-16 fighters.

It marked the first time the B-1B Lancer has been deployed to the Korean Peninsula since 2017, in a demonstration of Washington's firm commitment to extended deterrence for South Korea and the allies' combined defence posture, the report added.

The North has launched a barrage of ballistic missiles into the East Sea and the Yellow Sea, including an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM), apparently in protest against the Vigilant Storm.

The North's latest provocation came on the last day of the extended large-scale combined air drills of the South and the United States.