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North Korea fires ballistic missile – South Korean & US military North Korea fires ballistic missile, Pentagon claims it’s an ICBM
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North Korea has fired a ballistic missile, according to South Korean Joint Chiefs of Staff, Japanese and US government officials, North Korea has fired a ballistic missile, which splashed down in the Sea of Japan, according to the South Korean, Japanese and US militaries. The Pentagon says an initial assessment indicates it was an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM).
"North Korea launched an unidentified ballistic missile eastward from the vicinity of Pyongsong, South Pyongan Province, at dawn today," the Joint Chiefs of Staff said, as cited by Yonhap news agency. South Korea and the US were analysing the missile’s trajectory, it added. South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff were the first to report on the launch. "North Korea launched an unidentified ballistic missile eastward from the vicinity of Pyongsong, South Pyongan Province, at dawn today," it said, as cited by Yonhap news agency. Seoul and Washington were analyzing the missile’s trajectory, it added.
The Pentagon later said it detected and tracked a North Korean missile launch. The Pentagon later said it had detected and tracked a North Korean missile launch.
Pentagon spokesman Colonel Robert Manning described the projectile as an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM), adding that it traveled some 1,000 km before splashing down into the Sea of Japan.
The White House said that the US President Donald Trump had been already briefed on the new Pyongyang’s launch when the missile was still in the air.  Pentagon spokesman Colonel Robert Manning described the projectile as an intercontinental ballistic missile, adding that it traveled some 1,000 km before splashing down into the Sea of Japan.
the Japanese prime minister's office also said that the North Korean missile apparently landed in waters off Japan within the country’s exclusive economic zone.  The White House said that US President Donald Trump had already been briefed on Pyongyang’s new launch when the missile was still in the air.
Japanese PM ordered an emergency meeting of cabinet ministers, according to Japan’s Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga. Tokyo has also expressed a “strong protest” over the launch. The Japanese prime minister's office also said that the North Korean missile apparently landed in waters off Japan within the country’s exclusive economic zone.
Following the North Korean launch, South Korean military staged a “presision strike” missile exercise, Yonhap news agency reported, citing South Korea's military. The Japanese PM ordered an emergency meeting of cabinet ministers, according to Japan’s Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga. Tokyo has also expressed a “strong protest” over the launch.
The launch, if confirmed, would be the first test conducted by Pyongyang since September, when the North fired a ballistic missile over Japan. Following the North Korean launch, the South Korean military staged a “precision strike” missile exercise, Yonhap news agency reported, citing South Korea's military.
The North Korean launch, if confirmed, would be the first test conducted by Pyongyang since September, when the Pyongyang fired a ballistic missile over Japan.
The EU condemned the new launch as “unacceptable violation of the DPRK's international obligations.”
“The European Union's message is unequivocal: the DPRK must abandon its nuclear, weapons of mass destruction and ballistic missile programs in a complete, verifiable and irreversible manner, immediately cease all related activities and return to the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty and the IAEA Safeguards,” an EU spokesperson said in a statement.