North Korea Fires 5 Short Range Missiles

North Korea fired five short range missiles Sunday off its east coast as part of its military drills.

"The missiles hit the sea after traveling about 120 miles," a South Korean defense ministry official said.

The firepower show marks the 67th anniversary of the formation of North Korea's armed forces by state founder Kim II Sung (when the Korean peninsula was divided into North and South). It is a demonstration of military muscle by the secretive state in the midst of increasing rhetoric against the U.S. and South Korea.

The United Nations has imposed sanctions banning North Korea from firing long range missiles, but not short range missiles.

[via NBC]