It is the second time in a month that a North Korean missile has reached Japan.
We begin would that breaking news Japanese television running urgent warnings at this hour reporting another missile launch from North Korea. Japanese television reporting the missile has passed over Japanese airspace several population centers have now been warned. This launch is yet another provocative move on the part of North Korea ABC’s David Curley is falling late developments he’s live in Washington tonight David good evening. Good evening David very provocative according to NHK the Japanese broadcaster this missile passed over the northern part of the country at 706 AM no word on what type of missile this may have been. The north Koreans did fire two ICBM missiles back in August and there has been a flurry of activity from that country in the past month. A ballistic missile fired on August 29. Then that big H bomb test on September 3 sanctions passed by the UN Security Council. And then on the fourteenth today another launch as we say we don’t know what kind of missile it was. We’re only hearing this from NHK no word from the Pentagon so far David. As to what missile may have been fired over Japan it is just a little while ago David earlier thanks to you leading softwood that provocative move yet another move by the north Koreans.
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