S. Korea, US hold joint missile drills against N. Korea

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South Korea and the United States staged a massive combined ballistic missile exercise Wednesday aimed at sending a warning message to North Korea, the South’s military said a day after the communist country claimed a successful long-range missile test.

The allies fired a barrage of missiles, including the South’s Hyunmoo-2A and the U.S. Eighth Army’s ATACMS, into the East Sea, according to the Joint Chiefs of Staff.

The Hyunmoo-2A is a ballistic missile with a range of 300 kilometers, and the ATACMS, or the Army Tactical Missile System, is a surface-to-surface missile.

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