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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?
(Score: 1, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Friday September 15 2017, @10:41AM (1 child)
More specifically, the people in power don't want the next country targeted for invasion to be able to defend them selves. Iraq was enough trouble, and the UN weapons inspectors had spent the previous 10 years ensuring that they had no serious defenses.
(Score: 2) by Phoenix666 on Friday September 15 2017, @02:08PM
Iraq had oil. Oilmen took over the US government. The US invaded to get the oil.
North Korea has nothing anybody wants that they don't already get from South Korea. Nobody wants to invade North Korea.
Washington DC delenda est.