North Korean Missile Test
North Korea has added another mark to its name with the recent launch of Hwasong-12 (ICBM) which was fired over Japan with an altitude of 770 kilometers (480 miles) before it dropped down in the Pacific Ocean. The missile flew about 3,700 kilometers (2,300 miles) past the northernmost island of Hokkaido, this was the second to fly over Japan in less than a month and the first since North Korea's sixth nuclear test and new United Nations sanctions on the country.
The experts stated that it was the furthest any North Korean missile that has ever traveled above the ground and the missile had the capacity to reach the US territory of Guam 3,380 kilometers (2,100 miles).
Source: CNN
The missile test on Friday set off sirens as a government warning, known as the J-Alert, went out to citizens across a broad swath of northern Japan.
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe Stated that the launch was “totally unacceptable” and went against “the international community's strong, united will for a peaceful solution.”
Referring to the ruling ideology of North Korea, on Friday following the missile test the North Korean state news agency KCNA threatened the "four islands of the (Japanese) archipelago should be sunken into the sea by the nuclear bomb of Juche."
"To prepare a stern measure that can effectively counter North Korea's increasing nuclear and military threats," said Park Soo-Hyun, a spokesman for South Korean President Moon Jae-in, regarding the country's military orders.
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg stated that the launch was “another reckless breach of UN resolutions" and a "major threat" to international peace and security "which demands a global response."
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