The South Korean military said that it was ready and capable of precision strikes against the location where North Korea launched its missile.
Highlights
- Launch thought to be North Korea’s biggest ICBM test ever, militaries in South Korea and Japan say.
- Launch comes after country had announced moratorium on ICBM testing following two summits between North Korea and US president Donald Trump.
- Launch is believed to be the first full-capability launch of the nuclear-armed state’s largest missiles since 2017.
- South Korea’s deputy national security adviser calls it a ‘clear violation’ of UN Security Council resolutions.
- South Korean military fires live-fire test of multiple ballistic and tactical missiles in what it calls an immediate response.
- Japan says projectile landed in Japan’s exclusive economic zone, 170 km (106 miles) west of Aomori prefecture in northern Japan.