North Korea launches four short-range missiles from East Coast

Three days into joint U.S. - South Korea annual military drills, North Korea test fires four short range missiles

North Korea launched four short-range missiles off its south-easterly coast on Thursday, South Korean defense ministry officials told Yonhap News."The projectiles were fired from the Gitdaeryeong area on the North's southeastern coast toward the waters beginning at 5:42 p.m," an official from the South Korean Defense Ministry was quoted as saying.A later bulletin attributed to a "S. Korean source" suggested the missiles could have been Scud type short-range ballistic missiles.Thursday's launches, which are not unprecedented, coincided with the third day of annual U.S. - South Korea joint military drills, and are likely intended as a message