North Korea (DPRK — Democratic People's Republic of Korea) has launched an SLBM (Submarine-Launched Ballistic Missile) from a submarine in the Sea of Japan, according to a Reuters story. The missile travelled about 300 miles (500 km). A similar launch last month seemed to fail.
Having the ability to fire a missile from a submarine could help North Korea evade a new anti-missile system planned for South Korea and pose a threat even if nuclear-armed North Korea's land-based arsenal was destroyed, experts said.
The ballistic missile was fired at around 5:30 a.m. (2030 GMT) from near the coastal city of Sinpo, where a submarine base is located, officials at South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff and the Defence Ministry told Reuters.
The projectile reached Japan's air defence identification zone (ADIZ) for the first time, Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga told a briefing, referring to an area of control designated by countries to help maintain air security.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday August 25 2016, @04:25AM
The only 'clean' way out for the US and China at this point is a collapse of the NK leadership. China is not interested in that at this point. As more than likely it would end up carving off a part of china at some point to what would end up as Korea. So China will continue to kick the ball down the road for awhile and see what happens. They really have nothing to lose. The only people who lose in this situation are the people of NK.