The launch comes a day after the North issued an ominous warning of a potential pre-emptive strike.
North Korea attempted a missile launch Wednesday morning but it failed almost immediately, U. S. military officials and South Korea said.
„A missile appears to have exploded within seconds of launch,“ U. S. Pacific Command spokesman Dave Benham said in a statement. „We are working with our interagency partners on a more detailed assessment. We continue to monitor North Korea’s actions closely. “
The launch comes a day after Kim Jong Un’s regime issued an ominous warning of a potential pre-emptive strike after a test over the weekend of a new advanced rocket engine.
„The world will soon witness what eventful significance the … recent ground jet test of Korean-style high-thrust engine will carry,“ North Korea’s Foreign Ministry said Tuesday via state-run news agency KCNA.
