North Korea test fires missile again
North Korea has launched a shortrange ballistic missile which ew around 450 kilometers before landing in the Sea of Japan, some 300 km off the Japanese islands, RT reports.
Tokyo and Seoul strongly condemned Pyongyang’s move, the latest in a series of recent missile tests. South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff said Pyongyang launched at least one projectile in the eastern direction from Wonsan, Gangwon Province at dawn. “It is estimated to be a Scud type [missile],” the JCS said, adding, that the projectile ew about 450 kilometers.
“The president was immediately notified of the situation, and the president ordered the NSC Standing Committee at 7:30 am. Pyongyang announced earlier this month that it had successfully tested the Pukguksong-2 intermediate range ballistic missile after a projectile was detected landing in international waters off Japan’s east coast.
The allegedly nuclear-capable missile was launched just a week after North Korea launched its Hwasong-12 rocket.
