Image: Rodong Sinmun (March 25, 2022)
Image: Rodong Sinmun (March 25, 2022)

North Korea Launches Three Missiles, Supposed ICBM Fails

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At approximately 1845 EST, the South Korean Joint Chiefs and the Japanese Coast Gaurd announced that a probable ballistic missile was launched from the Sunan Airport in Pyongyang, a historical missile launch position. Initial reports said that the missile flew for at least 30 minutes and it had overflown the Japanese mainland. However, by 2000 EST, the Japanese government had rescinded that statement, instead saying the initial trajectory of the missile appeared that it would overfly Japan, but 13 minutes into the flight, Japanese radars lost contact with the missile. By 2016 EST, Japanese Defense Minister Hamada told press that the missile had in fact not overflown Japan.

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