North Korea launched a new intercontinental ballistic missile Thursday in its first test in almost a year of a weapon designed to threaten the US mainland and occurring days ahead of the US election.
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un ordered the missile test and was at the launch site, calling the launch “an appropriate military action” to show North Korea’s resolve to respond to its enemies’ moves that has threatened the North’s safety, according to its Defense Ministry.
According to the report, the missile was fired towards the Sea of Japan (East Sea).
The launch was also reported by the Defense Ministry of Japan, the Kyodo news agency said.
According to the ministry’s preliminary estimates, the projectile was expected to splash down presumably at around 2:36 a.m. Moscow time (11:36 p.m. Wednesday GMT), around 300 km west of Japan’s Okushiri Island, outside of Japan’s exclusive economic zone.
The Kyodo news agency said, citing government sources, that the projectile is likely to be an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) flying along a steep trajectory.
Missile reaches all-time-high altitude of over 7,000 km.
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The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) held a "very crucial test" in the early hours of Thursday by firing an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM), the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) reported.
ReplyDeleteThe test-fire "updated the recent records of the strategic missile capability of the DPRK," the agency reported.
DPRK leader Kim Jong Un, who oversaw the launch, delivered a speech on the site, describing the launch as a fair and fully legitimate military measure.
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has confirmed the launch of an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) by the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), and said this demonstrates its "counteraction will" against its rivals, South Korea's Yonhap news agency reported, citing North Korea's state news agency KCNA.
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