![]() Hamada said the missile launched Tuesday could have been another Hwasong-12 missile. But it said the missile was launched on a lofted angle to prevent it from flying over other countries. At the time, the North said the launch was meant to verify the overall accuracy of the weapon that being deployed in its military. North Korea last test-fired a Hwasong-12 missile in January. In 2017, North Korea threatened to make "an enveloping fire" near Guam with Hwasong-12 missiles amid rising animosities with the then-Trump administration. military bases that sent advanced warplanes to the Korean Peninsula in shows of force in past tensions with North Korea. The missile's flight distance shows the missile has enough range to hit the U.S. partners," National Security Council spokesperson Adrienne Watson said in a statement. "The United States will continue its efforts to limit the DPRK's ability to advance its prohibited ballistic missile and weapons of mass destruction programs, including with allies and U.N. said national security adviser Jake Sullivan had consulted with his South Korean and Japanese counterparts on their appropriate and robust responses. Hamada said the missile landed in the Pacific, about 3,200 kilometers (1,990 miles) off the northern Japanese coast and that there have been no reports of damage of Japanese aircraft and ships.īoth South Korea and Japan convened emergency national security council meetings to discuss the launch. ![]() Yoon said the North's "reckless nuclear provocations" would meet the stern response of the South and the broader international community.Īccording to South Korean and Japanese estimates, the missile travelled about 4,500-4,600 kilometers (2,800-2,860 miles) at a maximum altitude of 970-1,000 kilometers (600-620 miles). It warned the North's repeated missile launches would only deepen its international isolation and prompt Seoul and Washington to bolster their deterrence capacities. South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff said the missile was fired from the inland north in North Korea. Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida told reporters the latest firing "is a reckless act and I strongly condemn it." In Sapporo city, the prefectural capital of Japan's northernmost main island of Hokkaido, subways were also temporarily suspended, with stations packed with morning commuters. Trains were suspended in the Hokkaido and Aomori regions until the government issued a subsequent notice that the North Korean missile appeared to have landed in the Pacific. Japanese authorities alerted residents in northeastern regions to evacuate to shelters, in the first "J-alert" alert since 2017 when North Korea fired an intermediate-range Hwasong-12 missile twice over Japan in a span of weeks during its previous torrid run of weapons tests. Missile passed." (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko) South Korea says North Korea has fired a ballistic missile toward its eastern waters. homeland, some experts say.Ī TV shows J-Alert or National Early Warning System to the Japanese residents Tuesday, Oct. If Tuesday's launch involves a long-range missile, that could be a test of a weapon targeting the U.S. South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol earlier said the missile had an intermediate range, while Japanese Defense Minister Yasukazu Hamada said it was believed to have an intermediate range or longer. "This action is destabilizing and shows (North Korea's) blatant disregard for United Nations Security Council resolutions and international safety norms," it said. ![]() The United States said it strongly condemns North Korea's "dangerous and reckless decision" to launch what it described as a "long-range ballistic missile" over Japan. allies and the American homeland and earns the country recognition as a nuclear state. The launch was the most provocative weapons demonstration by North Korea this year as it ramps up missile tests in its push to build a full-fledged nuclear arsenal that viably threatens U.S. North Korea on Tuesday fired a ballistic missile over Japan for the first time in five years, forcing Japan to issue evacuation notices and suspend trains during the flight of the nuclear-capable weapon that could reach the U.S.
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