North Korea fires suspected ICBM into Japan’s EEZ — According to Japan’s defense minister Yasukazu Hamada, the missile had sufficient range to reach the US mainland.
https://www.dw.com/en/north-korean-fires-suspected-icbm-into-japans-eez-reports/a-63805295
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Is this the guy who was letting off Roman candles in Shibuya, or a different event? I’m seeing similarities.
> North Korea launched an alleged intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) on Friday, Seoul’s military said and confirmed by Tokyo.
>The missile was most likely to have landed in the water about 210 kilometres (130 miles) west of Hokkaido, according to the Japan Coast Guard.
>According to Japan’s defense minister Yasukazu Hamada, the missile had sufficient range to reach the United States mainland.
>This is the hermit country’s second missile launch in as many days.
>Seoul’s Joint Chiefs of Staff said it had “detected a presumed long-range ballistic missile around 10:15 am (1:15 am GMT) fired from the Sunan area in Pyongyang towards the East Sea.” This was a reference to the Sea of Japan.
>According to the presidential office, the National Security Council of South Korea convened on Friday to discuss the alleged ICBM launch.
>Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida called the launch “absolutely unacceptable,” while adding that no damage to ships or aircraft have been reported.