North Korea’s seaward launch of a ballistic missile off the east coast of the Korean Peninsula appears to have failed, the South Korean military said on Wednesday local time.
Earlier this week, North Korea criticized the United States’ sending of an aircraft carrier to participate in joint exercises with South Korea and Japan, and warned of a “new and overwhelming display of deterrence.”
The apparent failed missile launch originated on the outskirts of Pyongyang, South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff said. Japan’s coast guard said a projectile believed to be the North Korean ballistic missile appeared to have already landed.
Japan’s Defense Ministry said the missile flew at an altitude of about 100 km and a range of more than 200 km.
It appears to have been a failed test of a hypersonic missile, Yonhap news agency said, citing an unnamed military source. North Korea’s last missile launch was on May 30.
The missile launch comes one day after the 74th anniversary of the start of the Korean War.
North Korean state media KCNA said on Wednesday (26) local time that a mass rally in Pyongyang was held to commemorate the anniversary. The state press called the milestone day a “fight against US imperialism” and labeled the American government an arch-enemy.
Recently, North Korea has launched hundreds of balloons loaded with garbage towards the South, including this Tuesday (25), while Pyongyang deployed a large group of soldiers to build new fortifications within the armed border between the two Koreas, agreement with the southern military.
Source: CNN Brasil

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