North Korea and weapons
of mass destruction

Events Missile tests 1993 2006 2009 2013 2014 2017 2021–2023 Nuclear tests 2006 2009 2013 2016 (January) 2016 (September) 2017 See also 1994 North Korean nuclear crisis 2017–2018 North Korea crisis Korean People's Army Korean People's Army Strategic Rocket Force Nyongbyon Nuclear Scientific Research Center Punggye-ri Nuclear Test Site Ryanggang explosion Songun

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The 2013 North Korean missile tests were a series of North Korean missile tests in 2013.

May 2013 tests

In May 2013, North Korea launched three short-range guided missiles into the Sea of Japan. The first two missiles were shot in the morning, while the third was in the afternoon.^[1][2] The missiles were launched from the same location where two missiles had been displayed, fueled, and then removed weeks before.^[3]

On 19 May 2013, North Korea launched a fourth missile that landed in the Sea of Japan.^[4]

On 20 May 2013, North Korea launched short-range projectiles that landed in waters off the country's eastern coast.^[5]