South Korea believes North Korea fired an intercontinental missile – news Urix – Foreign news and documentaries

South Korea’s General Staff says it detected a launch of what it believes to be an intercontinental ballistic missile, a so-called ICBM, capable of carrying nuclear weapons, near the North Korean capital of Pyongyang. They believe the test, which took place around 7.40am Thursday morning local time, failed. Missiles with a range of more than 5,500 kilometers are considered intercontinental. Around an hour later, two short-range missiles were fired from the nearby city of Kacheon, which went towards the Sea of ​​Japan, it added. From the South Korean side, no further information has been given about the missile’s trajectory, but the long-range missile may have been launched at a high angle to avoid it reaching the territories of North Korea’s neighbours. Alarm in Japan Japanese Defense Minister Yasukazu Hamada says that one of the missiles reached a maximum height of 2,000 kilometers and that it flew around 750 kilometers before the Japanese defense forces lost sight of it. It was initially said from Japan that the ICBM missile flew over the country and ended up in the Pacific Ocean, but this was later denied. Prime Minister Fumio Kishida’s office warned residents of the northern prefectures of Miyagi, Yamagata and Niigata through telephones, television, radio and loudspeakers in public spaces about the launch and asked them to take shelter. Train traffic in the prefectures was temporarily suspended. Japanese Defense Minister Yasukazu Hamada spoke at the Ministry of Defense in Tokyo, Thursday, November 3, 2022 Photo: Takaki Yajima / AP Tense situation On Wednesday, the North Koreans fired at least 23 missiles, including one that landed near South Korean waters. The South Korean defense responded by firing three air-to-ground missiles. The North Korean launches came a few hours after Pyongyang threatened to use nuclear weapons to make the US and South Korea “pay the most cruel price in history”. In protest against ongoing joint military exercises, which North Korea considers a rehearsal for a possible invasion.



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