North Korea has fired a ballistic missile over Japan for the first time in five years, forcing Japan to issue evacuation notices and suspend trains during the flight of the nuclear-capable weapon that could reach the U.S. territory of Guam and beyond.
Trains were suspended in the Hokkaido and Aomori regions until the government issued a subsequent notice that the North Korean missile appeared to have landed in the Pacific. In Sapporo city, the prefectural capital of Japan’s northernmost main island of Hokkaido, subways were also temporarily suspended, with stations packed with morning commuters.
According to South Korean and Japanese estimates, the missile traveled about 4,500-4,600 kilometers at a maximum altitude of 970-1,000 kilometers . Hamada said it landed in the Pacific, about 3,200 kilometers off the northern Japanese coast and that there have been no reports of damage to Japanese aircraft and ships.South Korea’s Defense Ministry said the missile flew farther than any other weapon fired by North Korea.
Tuesday’s launch is the fifth round of weapons tests by North Korea in the past 10 days in what was seen as an apparent response to military drills between South Korea and the United States and other training among the allies including Japan last week. North Korea views them as an invasion rehearsal.The missiles fired during the past four rounds of launches were short-range and fell in the waters between the Korean Peninsula and Japan.
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