Satellite images shows the smoke trail of a short-range ballistic missile Sea launched into the sea by North Korea on Saturday.
The test came just hours after US President Donald Trump said he still has faith in de-nuclearization negotiations with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, even after the country fired a barrage of projectiles into the sea - and said he 'won't break his promises'.
It was also a day after South Korea expressed concern that such launches were a violation of an inter-Korean agreement to cease all hostile acts.
Satellite images shows the smoke trail, (pictured), of a short-range ballistic missile Sea launched into the sea by North Korea on Saturday
The test came just hours after US President Donald Trump, (left), said he still has faith in de-nuclearization negotiations with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, (right)
A US official told CNN that an early analysis says the launches appear to have been both MLRS (multiple launch rocket systems) and a possible short range ballistic missile.
North Korea's state media said that leader Kim Jong Un had overseen a rocket and tactical guided weapons test, after the drill raised concerns Pyongyang was escalating provocations with US nuclear negotiations deadlocked.
The tests have been seen as a sign of Pyongyang's frustration over the stalled talks, aimed at providing the North with desperately needed sanctions relief in exchange for its nuclear disarmament.
The launch follows a warm meeting between Kim and Russian President Vladimir Putin less than two weeks ago and likely signals more tests to come, according to Jeffrey Lewis, director of the East Asia Nonproliferation Program at the Middlebury Institute.
He told CNN: 'The location of the launch, the thick, smoky appearance of the exhaust and the fact that there is only one rocket trail all suggest this was the short-range ballistic missile that North Korea showed in its propaganda.'
Lewis said the North Koreans began firing a barrage of short-range projectiles at approximately 9.06 am on Saturday.
North Korea's state media said that leader Kim Jong Un had overseen a rocket and tactical guided weapons test. Pictured is a satellite image taken just after the missile was launched
The Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey provided CNN with two images of the smoke trail
Around an hour later, Pyongyang fired another projectile. The image of that launch and the smoky plume it trailed in its wake was caught by Planet Labs, which works with the Middlebury Institute.
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