Seoul: North Korea fires ballistic missile into sea
South Korea says North Korea has fired a ballistic missile into the sea.
South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff says the missile flew 500 miles before crashing off the North’s east coast on Friday.
It wasn’t immediately known what type of missile was fired.
The launch came days after North Korean leader Kim Jong Un ordered tests of a nuclear warhead and ballistic missiles capable of carrying warheads. North Korea had also said it succeeded in a simulated test of a reentry vehicle aimed at returning a nuclear warhead safely back to the atmosphere from space during a missile launch.
Taken together, Seoul analysts had said Pyongyang would probably fire a missile to test the reentry technology that it needs to develop a long-range nuclear missile.
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