North Korea launched several ballistic missiles yesterday, including a possible failed launch of an ICBM that sent residents of central and northern Japan to shelter in enclosed spaces. intercontinental missile ballistic missile.
The South Korean military said “North Korea’s ICBM launch should have ended in failure,” adding, “The failure is estimated to have occurred in the second phase of the missile separation process.”
In Japan, the Emergency Early Warning System said the government had called on residents of Miyagi, Yamagata and Niigata prefectures to take shelter indoors following the North Korean operation.
“The missile has been detected as it is likely to fly over the Japanese archipelago, so a warning has been issued,” Japanese Defense Minister Yasukazu Hamada said in a statement.
And the US called on all countries to increase the sanctions imposed on North Korea because it violated UN Security Council resolutions by launching an intercontinental ballistic missile.
“The United States strongly condemns the DPRK test of an intercontinental ballistic missile,” National Security Council spokeswoman Adrian Watson said, echoing South Korea’s announcement of the launch early Thursday morning.
