North Korea fired a ballistic missile towards the East Sea on Wednesday, South Korea’s military has announced. The Joint Chief of Staff announced the latest ballistic missile launched by Pyongyang without specifying further details, The development has been confirmed by Japan’s Prime Minister’s office.
Taking to its Twitter handle, Japan’s PM office said, “North Korea has launched a suspected ballistic missile. More updates to follow.” The latest ballistic missile launch comes after North Korea fired an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) and two suspected short-range ones toward the East Sea on November 3, South Korea’s military said. The Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) said it detected a long-range ballistic missile launch from the Sunan area in Pyongyang around 7:40 am (local time). It further announced that the two short-range ballistic missiles (SRBMs) were launched from Kaechon in South Pyongan Province at around 8:39 a.m (local time).
The long-range missile covered a distance of around 760 km.The long-range missile flew at a top speed of Mach 15 and two short-range ballistic missiles flew for around 330 km at a maximum height of about 70 km at a top speed of Mach 15.