North Korea fired a ballistic missile from the sea on Wednesday, South Korea's military said, a suggestion that it may have tested an underwater-launched missile.
SEOUL, South Korea — North Korea fired a ballistic missile from the sea on Wednesday, South Korea's military said, a suggestion that it may have tested an underwater-launched missile for the first time in three yearsThe North Korea missile flew about 450 kilometers at a maximum altitude of 910 kilometers after liftoff from an unspecified place in the waters off the North's eastern coastal town of Wonsan, Seoul's Joint Chiefs of Staff said in a statement. South Korean and U.S.
South Korean military officials wouldn't officially disclose whether the missile was fired from a submarine, a barge or another possible platform. But during an emergency National Security Council meeting, council members placed weight on the possibility that North Korea performed a submarine-launched missile test and expressed"strong concerns" over the North Korean move, according to South Korea's presidential office.
The Joint Chiefs of Staff statement said the weapon fired Tuesday is believed to be a"Pukguksong-class" missile. It refers to a solid-fuel missile that North Korea tested-launched from an underwater test platform in 2016, with the hope that it could eventually be a part of its submarine weaponry. That missile flew 500 kilometers , and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said at the time that his country had gained"perfect nuclear-attack capability.
Cha said flight data provided by South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff suggested that it was more likely that the North tested the same type of missile it fired in 2016, instead of a new weapons system. "We will continue to cooperate with the U.S. and the international community and do the utmost to maintain and protect the safety of the people as we stay on alert," Abe said.
North Korea has been maintaining its self-imposed moratorium on nuclear and long-range missile tests since Kim began diplomacy with U.S. President Donald Trump.
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