Korean Peninsula Goes Ballistic: North & South Flex Missile Power
Seoul has responded to what’s being called an Intercontinental Ballistic Missile test from Pyongyang. Here’s how events have unfolded in the region on Thursday:
Japan reports an NK “projectile” landed inside its exclusive economic zone at 15:44pm local time
Test thought to be Hwasong-17 intercontinental ballistic missile – capable of reaching US territories or bases
South Korea test-launched several missiles from land, sea and air in immediate response
Japan claims DPRK missile was new kind of ICBM that flew for about 71 minutes to altitude of about 6,000km and range of 1,100km from its launch site.
