The Pentagon says the most recent ICBM flew longer and higher than previous tests
President Donald Trump said “we will take care of it” after North Korea launched yet another intercontinental ballistic missile Tuesday, defying sanctions and world condemnation.
“It is a situation we will handle,” the president told reporters at the White House, without being specific. But he did say the U. S. approach toward North Korea has not changed.
Defense Secretary Jim Mattis said this missile flew longer and higher than any previous North Korean test launch. He called it part of North Korea’s efforts to build missiles that can “threaten everywhere in the world.” Mattis said North Korea is a danger to world peace.
The Pentagon’s initial assessment is that North Korea fired the ICBM from Sang Ni, north of Pyongyang. It flew about 1,000 kilometers before dropping in the Sea of Japan, in Japan’s exclusive economic zone, which is sovereign Japanese territory.
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has asked for an emergency meeting of the U. N. Security Council and vowed to protect the Japanese people.
“We can never accept this violence and have strongly protested to North Korea,” Abe told reporters.
Trump is expected to discuss the matter with Japan’s prime minister soon.
