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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: 2) by richtopia on Friday September 15 2017, @03:36PM
The rational part is that the USA is not the only threat the Kim family is facing. It is actually a much smaller threat than the country collapsing into infighting. The evil USA mantra helps the Kim family control the populace and spend money on the army.
I am unsure why we have so much testing of missiles currently. Perhaps Trump really is scaring the North Koreans, and they are trying to inflate their defensive capabilities. Or perhaps there is some internal strife that isn't visible to the international community, and the missile program is somehow assisting with keeping Kim Jong-un in power.