The announcement came after South Korea detected two North Korean ballistic missile launches earlier in the day.
South Korea claims to have conducted its first underwater missile test, just hours after North Korea blasted two ballistic missiles into the sea.
Moon Jae-office in’s stated in a statement that he saw the test of a submarine-launched ballistic missile produced domestically on Wednesday afternoon.
It claims that a missile fired from a submarine of the 3,000-tonne class travelled a certain distance before striking a predetermined target.
The declaration came after South Korea detected two North Korean ballistic missile launches earlier in the day.
