South Korea and US fire eight missiles into sea in show of force to North Korea

Monday morning launches demonstrate capability and readiness to carry out precision strikes' on regime, a day after it carried out its own launches

South Korea and the US have fired eight surface-to-surface missiles into the sea in response to North Korea's launch of a similar number of ballistic missiles the previous day, a South Korea defence ministry official said.

South Korea said Monday's tit-for-tat launch off its east coast was a demonstration of Seoul's capability and readiness to carry out precision strikes" against the source of North Korea's missile launches or the command and support centres, the Yonhap news agency cited the South Korean military as saying.