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		</div><p>North Korea fired three ballistic missiles into its eastern sea, after a week of verbal warnings over the South&#8217;s decision to deploy an advanced US missile defence system, Seoul said.</p>
<p>The short-range missiles were launched from inland and flew about 310 to 375 miles before crashing into the sea.</p>
<p>They displayed a sufficient range to target the southern part of South Korea, where Seoul and Washington have decided to station the Terminal High-Altitude Area Defence, or THAAD, system, Seoul&#8217;s Joint Chiefs of Staff said.</p>
<p>The Pentagon said US Strategic Command systems tracked &#8220;what we assess were three North Korean missile launches&#8221;.</p>
<p>It said two were presumed to be Scud tactical ballistic missiles &#8220;followed by the presumed launch of a No Dong intermediate range ballistic missile&#8221;.</p>
<p>It said the missile launches did not pose a threat to North America.</p>
<p>North Korea routinely test fires short-range missiles and artillery systems but it tends to do more launches in times of tension with the outside world.</p>
<p>It launched what was presumed to be a ballistic missile from a submarine on July 10, according to US and South Korean officials, a day after US and South Korean military officially announced they would deploy the THAAD system in South Korea.</p>
<p>South Korea&#8217;s defence ministry announced last week that the south-eastern rural town of Seongju had been picked as the site for the THAAD deployment.</p>
<p>Seoul and Washington had been discussing deploying the THAAD system since North Korea conducted a fourth nuclear test and a long-range rocket launch earlier this year.</p>
<p>The North said last Monday that it will take &#8220;physical counter-action&#8221; as soon as the THAAD location was announced and has issued further warnings through its state media after Seongju was confirmed as the site.</p>
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