North Korea has been urged to return to long-stalled talks aimed at defusing the nuclear standoff. 9News
flight-tested a ballistic missile that was likely fired from a submarine on Saturday, South Korea's military said, continuing a provocative streak in weapons demonstrations that may culminate with a nuclear test in the coming weeks or months.
The US military's Indo-Pacific Command said it a statement that while the launch did not pose an immediate threat to US personnel or territory, or to its allies, it "highlights the destabilising impact of the DPRK's illicit weapons program. The US commitment to the defense of the Republic of Korea and Japan remains ironclad."
It was apparently North Korea's first demonstration of a submarine-launched ballistic missile system since October last year, when it fired a new short-range missile from the 8.24 Yongung – its only known submarine capable of launching a missile. The October underwater launch was the North's first in two years.
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