North Korea launches second ballistic missile, this time long-range - Reuters

North Korea launched a long-range ballistic long-range ballistic missile. Reuters writes about this with reference to the South Korean military, UNN reports.

Details

According to the Joint Chiefs of Staff South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff, the missile was launched from an area near the capital Pyongyang towards the towards the sea off the east coast of North Korea.

The Japanese broadcaster, citing the Japanese Ministry of Defense Ministry, reported that it could have been a long-range missile.

The international airport serving Pyongyang is the site from which North Korea has previously launched intercontinental ballistic missiles and is suspected to be the location of a missile assembly plant. missile assembly plant.

Japan said that the launched intercontinental ballistic missile was in flight for 73 minutes and during this time covered a distance of 1 thousand km at a maximum flight altitude of 6 thousand km. When launched on a conventional trajectory, its range can exceed 15 thousand kilometers, said the parliamentary Vice Minister of Defense of Japan Shingo Miyake.

Context

Monday's missile launch came after North Korea launched a short-range ballistic missile on Sunday evening, North Korea launched a short-range ballistic missilethat flew about 570 kilometers from an area near Pyongyang and landed in the ocean.

Following the launch, North Korea issued a statement condemning the United States for organizing what it called condemning the United States for organizing what it called "preparations for nuclear war," including the arrival of a nuclear submarine to South Korea on Sunday.

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