North Korea fired an ICBM, escalating tensions in the region. Based on the flight trajectory, its range could exceed about 8,700 miles depending on the weight of the warhead, Japan said.
SEOUL—North Korea fired an intercontinental ballistic missile, escalating tensions in the region as the U.S. and South KoreaThe missile was fired eastward Saturday shortly before 5:30 p.m. local time from the Sunan area in the outskirts of North Korea’s capital city of Pyongyang.
It was in the air for a little more than an hour, reaching an altitude of more than 3,500 miles. It traveled a distance of about 560 miles before landing in the sea about 155 miles west of Japan’s northernmost island of Hokkaido, in the country’s Exclusive Economic Zone, according to South Korean and Japanese defense officials.
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