North and South Korean naval vessels exchanged fire on Tuesday after a North Korean patrol boat crossed the maritime border. According to the Joint Chiefs of Staff, a North Korean patrol boat strayed around 900 m south of the Northern Limit Line at around 9:50 a.m. A 570-ton Navy battleship
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issued a warning, which the North Korean patrol boat ignored, prompting the South to fire a warning shot. The North Korean vessel did not turn back but fired back instead.
A JCS official said, "The North Korean patrol boat fired dozens of rounds from what appears to have been heavy machine guns and our ship returned by firing around 10 rounds of 76-mm shells and around 80 rounds from 40-mm guns."
The exchange of fire lasted about 10 minutes before the North Korean patrol boat headed back. Neither side suffered any damage.
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