North Korea launched another two short-range ballistic missiles into the sea on Tuesday morning, or one day after the United States and South Korea started their largest joint military exercise in five years.

The missiles flew around 385 miles and landed in the sea between Korea and Japan, the South Korea Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) said in a text message to reporters.

“We strongly condemn North Korea’s ballistic missile launches as grave provocations that undermine peace and stability on the Korean Peninsula as well as the international community, and are in clear violation of U.N. Security Council resolutions,” the JCS said.

Pyongyang’s latest launch followed a test of submarine-fired cruise missiles that were announced Monday by state-run media.

Hawaii-based US Indo-Pacific Command condemned the “destabilizing impact” of the recent launches.

“While we have assessed that this event does not pose an immediate threat to U.S. personnel or territory, or to our allies, the missile launches, and the recent cruise launches, highlight the destabilizing impact of the DPRK’s unlawful WMD and ballistic missile program,” it said in a statement.

DPRK is the official name of South Korea while WMD stands for weapons of mass destruction.

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