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posted by martyb on Thursday September 14 2017, @11:45PM   Printer-friendly

The BBC is reporting that North Korea has fired another missile:

North Korea has fired a missile eastwards from its capital, Pyongyang, towards Japan, media reports say.

Japan said that the missile likely passed over its territory and has warned residents to take shelter, local media report.

South Korea and the US are analysing the details of the launch, the South's military said.

Al Jazeera reports:

The projectile was launched at 6:57am (21:57GMT Thursday) and flew over the northern Japanese island of Hokkaido before falling into the Pacific Ocean - 2,000km east of Cape Erimo, said Japan's Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga.

"Japan protests the latest launch in the strongest terms and will take appropriate and timely action at the United Nations and elsewhere, staying in close contact with the United States and South Korea," Suga told reporters.

South Korea's defence ministry said the missile travelled about 3,700km and reached a maximum altitude of 770km - both higher and further than previous tests.

Just more saber rattling? Another step in escalation? What's next?


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  • (Score: 2) by sjames on Friday September 15 2017, @04:55AM (2 children)

    by sjames (2882) on Friday September 15 2017, @04:55AM (#568287) Journal

    You know that crazy guy who lives next door? It seems last week, he somehow got his hands on a bunch of military hardware and now he's throwing practice grenades at your house. Do you assume it's all fine and tell the kids not to worry or do you call the cops?

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday September 15 2017, @05:30AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Friday September 15 2017, @05:30AM (#568304)

    What if he's holding another neighbor hostage?

  • (Score: 2, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Friday September 15 2017, @11:24AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Friday September 15 2017, @11:24AM (#568378)

    How crazy is he really? What happened is he noticed Mr World Cop going around shooting dead various people (based on lies or trumped up reasons) e.g Saddam, Gaddafi, etc and trying to kill others like Assad.

    And Mr World Cop has declared him a target. So he gets himself a nuclear suicide vest and now has Japan and Korea in his reach.

    Seems unlikely that he'll use his suicide vest as long nobody else does anything crazy like Mr World Cop trying to take him out... Why should he? Do you think he believes his own country's bullshit that he's a God? Especially when his dad died? He's well aware that China won't back him up if he _starts_ stuff: http://thediplomat.com/2017/08/china-and-north-korea-have-a-mutual-defense-treaty-but-when-would-it-apply/ [thediplomat.com]

    What he's doing is proving his suicide vest is not a dud.

    The danger time is probably if he falls terminally ill or similar and has nobody left alive that he cares about... He might decide to watch some fireworks before dying...

    But Trump could be considered even more dangerous especially since the US nuclear arsenal is vastly greater by magnitudes. The probability might be lower but the impact to the world is greater.