NORTH KOREA THREATENS MORE BALLISTIC MISSILE TESTS OVER JAPAN
Kim Jong Un calls Hwasong-12 launch the first step to fighting “an actual war” in the Pacific
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North Korean leader Kim Jong Un threatened further missile tests overflying Japan Wednesday in a statement released by the state-run Korean Central News Agency.
Pyongyang test-launched Tuesday a Hwasong-12 intermediate-range ballistic missile, which traveled 2,700 kilometers at a maximum altitude of 550 kilometers, that overflew the northern Japanese island of Hokkaido.
North Korea’s statement indicated the drill was intended to both train military units for potential strikes against U.S. military bases on the island of Guam and to push back against the ongoing U.S. and South Korean joint military exercise Ulchi-Freedom Guardian.
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