Seoul: N. Korea fires missile and tries to jam GPS signals

Seoul: N. Korea fires missile and tries to jam GPS signals

Seoul: N. Korea fires missile and tries to jam GPS signals, North Korea accursed a short-range missile into the sea and approved to jam GPS aeronautics signals in South Korea on Friday, Seoul admiral said, hours afterwards U.S., South Korean and Japanese leaders apprenticed to plan afterpiece calm to anticipate North Korea from advancing its nuclear and missile programs.

Officials said the attack to jam GPS signals, which began Thursday, did not could cause any above disruptions of South Korean military, aerodynamics and sea carriage and telecommunication systems. However, added than 130 fishing boats appear problems with their aeronautics systems and some were affected to acknowledgment to their ports, the Admiral of Oceans and Fisheries said.

South Korea's Defense Admiral alleged the jamming attack a affront that threatened accessible assurance and aggressive operations in the South. A admiral account warned North Korea to anon stop the jamming efforts or face bearding consequences.

South Korea has abhorrent North Korea for several antecedent jamming attempts. This week's jamming signals are the aboriginal back 2012, according to South Korea's Science Ministry. North Korean accompaniment media had no actual comment.

North Korea aswell accursed a surface-to-air missile off its east bank on Friday, three canicule afterwards it launched a projectile that hit acreage in its northeast, South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff said afterwards elaborating.

North Korea has launched a amount of short-range missiles and added projectiles back the alpha endure ages of anniversary South Korea-U.S. aggressive drills it angle as a call for an invasion. It aswell has again threats of nuclear strikes on Seoul and Washington and warned it will analysis a nuclear warhead and ballistic missiles able of accustomed it.

This year's drills, set to run until backward this month, are the better anytime and appear afterwards North Korea conducted a nuclear analysis and all-embracing rocket barrage beforehand this year.

In Washington, President Barack Obama met Thursday with the leaders of South Korea and Japan to altercate means of countering North Korea's nuclear threat. Obama aswell met Chinese President Xi Jinping and both alleged for North Korea to accord up its nuclear weapons. China aswell agreed to absolutely apparatus contempo bread-and-butter restrictions imposed by the U.N. Security Council adjoin North Korea. The Asian leaders are in Washington for a two-day nuclear acme that opens Friday.

Share on Google Plus

About JULIA

This is a short description in the author block about the author. You edit it by entering text in the "Biographical Info" field in the user admin panel.