Pyongyang fired six short-range missiles in less than seven hours, South Korea's Foreign Ministry said.
North Korea routinely fires short-range missiles into the sea but longer-range missile launches are less common.
Pyongyang fired seven short-range missiles in less than seven hours, South Korea's Foreign Ministry said.
North Korea conducted a nuclear test on Monday and fired five short-range missiles Monday and Tuesday.
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Short-range missiles launched of a ship would suffice to deliver a strategic EMP attack.
Most of the attacks on the northern part of Israel come from the short-range missiles.
Those growing capabilities include short-range missiles designed to hit sea-based targets as well as medium-range Shahab and Ghadr missiles.
North Korea's short-range missiles have a reach of around 100 miles (160 kilometers).
It remains unconfirmed what type of short-range missiles were fired over the weekend.
Mr. HERZOG: The issue is the following: Hezbollah longer-range missiles and short-range missiles.
Israel's Iron Dome can protect against short-range missiles, and recently upgraded Arrow systems are designed to thwart advanced medium-range missiles.
His comments came amid growing concern across the globe over North Korea's latest nuclear test and test-firings of short-range missiles.
Tensions between the two were heightened in July when North Korea launched seven short-range missiles toward the Sea of Japan.
We see today that Ahmadinejad is talking about new short-range missiles that can reach Israel, that can reach U.S. bases.
The prospect of relatively short-range missiles being used to mount an EMP strike compounds the challenge to our modest anti-missile systems.
North Korea's short-range missiles have ranges of around 160 kilometers (100 miles).
The administration has tried to sweeten the pill by reiterating a promise to place a battery of Patriot short-range missiles to defend Warsaw.
North Korea is believed to have hundreds of short-range missiles, many of which could target Seoul and other densely populated areas in South Korea.
On Monday, the North launched two short-range missiles from its eastern coast into the sea, following a launch of four similar missiles over the weekend.
Nor does Seoul care much about missile tests threatening Japan or the U.S., given all the North Korean short-range missiles already capable of hitting the South.
It remains unconfirmed what type of short-range missiles were fired.
North Korea has launched six missiles over the last three days, including two short-range missiles from its eastern coast into the sea on Monday, according to South Korea's defense ministry.
The Israeli military said an Iron Dome anti-rocket battery - designed to intercept short-range missiles - which was positioned near Eilat earlier this month was not deployed in the latest attack.
During the recent Gaza conflict, the Israeli defence ministry claimed the first layer of that shield - the Iron Dome - knocked down 421 of 1, 354 short-range missiles fired from Gaza.
Mr Olmert's fatal error was to believe his chief of staff, a former air-force commander, who assured him that Hizbullah's thousands of short-range missiles could be dealt with in the same way.
Cohen said the decision Sunday to send U.S. helicopter gunships and short-range missiles to the region is an escalation of the existing allied air campaign, not a move toward putting troops into the field.
On Friday, North Korea fired two short-range missiles, according to South Korea's Yonhap news agency, a test that appeared to be a response to joint U.S.-South Korean military exercises under way in the region.
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Along with conducting the nuclear test, the North has fired five short-range missiles this week -- two Monday and three Tuesday -- according to Won Tae-jae, a spokesman for South Korea's Ministry of National Defense, the South's Yonhap news agency said.
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Gaffney, Jr. observed in a column distributed by National Review Online on Monday, the urgency with which such deployments must be undertaken has grown as awareness spreads of a heretofore under-appreciated danger: the threat of short-range missiles launched from ships off the U.S. coasts.
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Yu Yingli, a North Korea expert at the Shanghai Institute of International Studies, tells The Beijing News that Pyongyang's recent test launch of short-range missiles are aimed at "diverting internal contradictions" amid food shortages as well as expressing further discontent to the international community over sanctions.
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