North Korea fires intercontinental ballistic missile in the direction of Japan after threatening US

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North Korea has launched a suspected intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) off its east coast, Japanese officers mentioned.

The missile was launched at 9.59am native time and fell into the Sea of Japan at 11.15am native time after nearly an hour-long flight, Japan’s Coast Guard mentioned citing the defence ministry.

That will make it the longest-ever flight of a North Korean ballistic missile take a look at, at 74 minutes, TV Asahi mentioned citing a Japanese defence ministry official.

The launch comes days after Pyongyang threatened to shoot down US navy reconnaissance planes and warned of “surprising” penalties in the event that they continued to fly close to its territory.

Kim Yo-yong, sister of North Korean chief Kim Jong-un and herself a senior North Korean official, accused the US spy planes of violating its air area no less than eight occasions on Monday, in accordance with a press release on Tuesday from state information company KCNA.

“In case of repeated unlawful intrusion, the US forces will expertise a really vital flight,” Ms Kim warned within the assertion.

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