North Korea Just Tested Its First Long-Range Ballistic Missile Since 2017

South Korea has reportedly launch missiles in reaction to an Intercontinental Ballistic Missile ( ICBM ) launch by North Korea that landed in Nipponese waters today . This tag the first time North Korea has launched an ICBMsince 2017 , despite previously fit to the international residential district that these weapons would not be tested .

North Korea has nowtested multiple weaponsin the past few days , which have the capability to extend nuclear warhead . In reply , South Korea has sack multiple missiles of their own in a alive - fire test and submit that they are quick and capable of conducting direct , precision strikes on the origin of the North Korean missile , according toSky News .

Japan ’s coast guard say that North Korea launched a projectile that landed in the Nipponese single economic zone ( EEZ ) around 170 kilometers ( 106 miles ) Occident of the coast of Japan . agree to   South Korea ’s Joint Chiefs of Staff , the missile go 1,080 kilometers ( 670 miles ) from near Pyongyang , Reutersreports . It took 71 hour and shoot down somewhere near the island of Hokkaido ,   Tokyo ’s Chief Cabinet Secretary Hirokazu Matsuno say . This is a hazardously confining encroachment point and one that has evoke fierce opposition by South Korea , Japan , and the US .

It is trust tobe the largestNorth Korean projectile trial that has ever taken place , and may even be a " unexampled type " of ICBM , Japan ’s Deputy Defense Minister say . There are reports it was a   Hwasong-17 , larger than the   Hwasong-15 test in 2017 , but this has n’t been corroborate .

The White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki has released a statement in the wake of the multiple launches that have take place , doom it in the strongest possible terms .

“ This launching is a brazen infraction of multiple UN Security Council resolutions and needlessly raise tensions and risks destabilise the surety post in the region , ” said Psaki in astatement .

“ This action demonstrates that the DPRK proceed to prioritize its weapons of mass destruction and ballistic projectile programsover the well - being of its people . ”