North Korea fires ballistic missiles as U.S. carrier redeploys

North Korea fired two short-range ballistic missile towards its east coast on Thursday within the path of Japan, following joint South Korean and U.S. missile drills and the return of a U.S. plane provider to the area in response to the North’s current missile checks.

The missile launch was the sixth in 12 days and the primary since North Korea fired an intermediate-range missile (IRBM) over Japan on Tuesday.