North Korea has fired an intercontinental ballistic missile that landed near Japan’s territorial waters. Japan says the weapon was fired at a high angle and may have the range to strike the entire U.S. mainland.
Japanese Defense Minister Yasukazu Hamada told reporters the altitude suggests the missile was launched on a high angle. He said depending on the weight of a warhead to be placed on the missile, the weapon has a range exceeding 15,000 kilometers , “in which case it could cover the entire mainland United States.”
South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff called the launch “a grave provocation and serious threat” to undermine international and regional peace and security. It said South Korea maintains readiness to make “an overwhelming response to any North Korean provocation” amid close coordination with the United States.
It wasn’t immediately known if North Korea launched a Hwasong-17 missile again on Friday or something else.. But it had halted weapons launches for about a week before it fired a short-range ballistic missile on Thursday.Before Thursday’s launch, the North’s foreign minister, Choe Son Hui, threatened to launch “fiercer” military responses to the U.S. bolstering its security commitment to its allies South Korea and Japan.
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