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TENSION! North Korea Fires Missile Over Japan In ‘Reckless Provocation’
North Korea has fired a missile that has passed over the north of Japan before landing in the sea, the Japanese state broadcaster reports.
The projectile is reported to have broken into three pieces before it landed and there was no attempt made to shoot it down as it flew over Japanese territory at dawn on Tuesday (29 August).
It flew for around 1,650 miles, reaching a maximum altitude of 340 miles, South Korean officials said.
Although North Korea has tested missiles several times, it is the first one to go over Japan in eight years.
The broadcaster NHK said there were no signs of damage but that people in its flight path needed to take precautions.
It follows Pyongyang’s firing of three short-range missiles into the sea on Saturday (26 August).
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said the government was doing what it could to protect lives.
Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga described the latest test as “an unprecedented, grave threat”, the BBC reported.
South Korea’s National Security Council has been convened. Meanwhile the UK foreign secretary, Boris Johnson described it as a “reckless provocation”.
Nathaniel O Nwite
August 29, 2017 at 3:47 pm
that z how Biafra will fire Nigeria very soon.
Christopher Ochini
August 29, 2017 at 3:14 pm
Correct
Gladstone Crush
August 29, 2017 at 2:42 pm
Well, we all wish e go be and end with them just killing each other….. But if this ever start, countries wey no even dey connected or concerned go dey affected due to the nature and spread of the airborne chemicals… Check the speed of wave when these kind atomic chemicals dey released…. Hardly specific and to decide the exact area weh go only dey affected…. Not to talk of possibilities of error and inaccuracy.
Bg John
August 29, 2017 at 2:01 pm
Make them kill thire selves like that abeg