It’s the latest missile launch from North Korea.
In this image made from video released by KRT on Tuesday, March 7,2017, North Korea launches four missiles in an undisclosed location North Korea. KRT via AP Video
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff says North Korea has test-fired a missile from the western part of its country.
The missile appears to have been the KN-17, an intermediate-range scud type missile that flew about 25 miles in 15 minutes into the Sea of Japan, according to Fox News‘ Lucas Tomlinson .
While a statement from South Korea said the missile appeared to have failed, in 15 minutes a missile can still reach its final stage and provide useful data, progressing North Korea’s ballistic missile program.
Jeffrey Lewis, founding publisher of Arms Control Wonk tweeted that the missile may have been an anti-ship missile. The North Koreans recently released statements and a propaganda video threatening to sink the USS Carl Vinson, the aircraft carrier the US Navy dispatched to the Korean peninsula amid high bilateral tensions.
