North Korea fires another missile towards Japan

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North Korea fires another missile towards Japan

 

 

TOKYO: -- North Korea has test fired another ballistic missile, this time landing in Japan’s Exclusive Economic zone, the first to reach the area since 1998.

 

The zone extends 200 nautical miles from Japan’s coast and, whilst it’s within international waters, is under Japanese control. All coastal states are legally entitled to control such a zone under the United Nations Convention of the Law of the Sea.

 

Believed to be a Rodong missile with a range of 1200 kilometres, the missile fell into the Sea of Japan about 1000 kilometres east of North Korea.

 

A second missile was also fired but failed shortly after take off.

 

The launches will further escalate regional tensions that remain high after a series of missile launches and the decision by the United States to place a sophisticated anti-missile system in South Korea.

 

North Korea responded by threatening a “physical response” against the deployment decision.

 

In Tokyo Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe condemned the launches.

 

“It is a considerable threat to our national security that North Korea’s missile has landed in Japan’s exclusive economic zones. I firmly protested against North Korea’s unforgivable action which is in obvious defiance of U.N. Security Council resolutions,” he said.

 

North Korea came under the latest round of U.N. Security Council sanctions in March after its fourth nuclear test in January and the launch of a long-range rocket the following month.

 

Tensions have been high on the Korean peninsula since the January nuclear test. The two Koreas remain technically at war under a truce that ended fighting in the 1950-53 Korean War.

 

-- © Copyright Euronews 2016-08-03

[phantomfiddler]

The little fat boy should be turned over someone,s knee and soundly spanked

[Pimay1]

2 hours ago, phantomfiddler said:

The little fat boy should be turned over someone,s knee and soundly spanked

He's going to keep screwing around until some country makes a parking lot out of NK.

[bark]

The rocket has a range or 1200 miles and fell only 200 miles off the Japanese coast. So if it would have gone the full

distance; it would have hit Japan and we would have a war, happening right now. Very scary.

[Jdiddy]

4 hours ago, Pimay1 said:

He's going to keep screwing around until some country makes a parking lot out of NK.

 

If that can wait a few years ill be happy, want to do a NK tour and check out those hot traffic light girls in the flesh before the whole place gets steamrolled.

[LawrenceChee]

China has been keeping that terrier on a short lease but it's hard to control the fat boy as he needs attention along with his monthly Swiss cheese rations

The USA and South Korea can keep prodding him with thaad

The guy has nothing to lose


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