North Korea fired what appeared to be a ballistic missile into its eastern sea, its second launch in a week, following leader Kim Jong Un’s calls to expand its nuclear weapons program in defiance of international opposition.
Ian Pannell reports on the country firing a missile, likely designed for a submarine launch, that landed in the Sea of Japan.SEOUL, South Korea -- North Korea on Tuesday fired what appeared to be a ballistic missile into its eastern sea, its second launch in a week, following leader Kim Jong Un’s calls to expand its nuclear weapons program in defiance of international opposition.
South Korean officials didn’t provide a specific assessment of the missile type, but some experts said North Korea may have tested its purported hypersonic missile again in response to the South Korean military playing down its previous test.Japan’s Defense Ministry said the suspected ballistic missile landed outside the country’s exclusive economic zone.
South Korea’s presidential office said Tuesday's launch was discussed at an emergency National Security Council meeting, which expressed “strong regret" over North Korea's continuing tests and urged it to return to talks. Cheong Seong-Chang, a senior analyst at the private Sejong Institute in South Korea, said the North’s leadership would have been “enraged” by South Korea’s assessment of last week’s launch and may have planned a series of tests in a push to make its threat credible.
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