North Korea Fires Short-Range Ballistic Missile, Adding to Barrage
- Launch comes as US steps up exercises with South Korea
- Missile fell into sea outside Japan’s exclusive economic zone
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North Korea test-fired a suspected short-range ballistic missile, adding to its barrage of launches in the past month that included two rockets designed to deliver a nuclear warhead to the US mainland.
The missile was fired around 11:05 a.m. local time on Sunday toward waters to the east of the Korean peninsula, Yonhap News reported, citing South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff. It flew for about 800 kilometers before falling into the sea outside Japan’s exclusive economic zone, Japan’s Vice Defense Minister Toshiro Ino said in a televised media briefing. It may have flown on an irregular trajectory and a detailed analysis is underway, Ino added.