North Korea fired a new model of long-range ballistic missile, South Korea said, triggering a scare in northern Japan where residents were told to take cover.
SEOUL/TOKYO -North Korea fired a new model of long-range ballistic missile on Thursday, South Korea said, triggering a scare in northern Japan where residents were told to take cover, though there turned out to be no danger.
The missile flew about 1,000 km , South Korea's military said, calling it a "grave provocation". The official said the missile's maximum altitude was lower than 6,000 km, the apogee of some of last year's record-breaking tests. Following the missile launch, the Japanese and U.S. air forces conducted drills over the Sea of Japan "as the security environment surrounding Japan is becoming more and more severe," the Japanese defence ministry said.
It could have been launched from an international airport close to North Korea's capital, a major site for test-firing large missiles since 2017.The nuclear envoys of allies South Korea, the U.S. and Japan spoke and condemned the launch, saying North Korea had constantly threatened regional peace with "unprecedented levels of provocations and menacing words", South Korea's foreign ministry said.
Authorities retracted the alert for Hokkaido island in northern Japan when they determined that the missile would not fall nearby.
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