A pair of North Korean missile launches on Wednesday do not pose an immediate threat to the United States or its allies, the US military's Indo-Pacific Command said in a statement.
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"While we have assessed that this event does not pose an immediate threat to US personnel or territory, or to our allies, the missile launch highlights the destabilising impact of the DPRK's illicit weapons program," it said, referring to North Korea by its official name.
South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff said on Wednesday that North Korea had fired an unidentified projectile from its east coast days after testing a long-range cruise missile.
Japan's Coast Guard also said an object that could be a ballistic missile was fired from North Korea.
Both the South Korean military and Japanese Coast Guard gave no details.
The launch came after North Korea said it successfully tested a new long-range cruise missile last weekend, calling it "a strategic weapon of great significance." Analysts say the missile could be the country's first such weapon with a nuclear capability.
Pyongyang has been steadily developing its weapons program amid a standoff over talks aimed at dismantling its nuclear and ballistic missile programs in return for US sanctions relief. The negotiations have stalled since 2019.
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