North Korea fired two ballistic missiles Thursday morning, according to a South Korean military official.
The two missiles — believed by analysts to be Scud-type missiles — flew about 310 miles and were fired from North Korea’s northern shore, NBC News reported.
The apparent launch comes after heated rhetoric from North Korea, which included threats of a preemptive strike.
North Korea was hit with sanctions by the United Nations after the country conducted a nuclear test on Jan. 6 and launched a long-range rocket on Feb. 6.