Japan: "North Korea Launches Suspected Ballistic Missile Object"

The Japanese government announced on the 7th that North Korea fired an object that is likely a ballistic missile, Kyodo News reported.

The Ministry of Defense stated this and said it is confirming the impact on Japan and other details.

The South Korean Joint Chiefs of Staff informed the press corps that North Korea launched a projectile of an unidentified type into the East Sea on the afternoon of the same day.

Typically, military authorities notify the media within minutes if the initially detected projectile trajectory is judged to be a ballistic missile of short-range class or higher. South Korean military and intelligence agencies are known to have been closely monitoring the possibility of North Korea launching submarine-launched ballistic missiles (SLBM) recently.

This launch comes three days after North Korea fired one ballistic missile, presumed to be an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM), into the East Sea from the Sunan area of Pyongyang at 12:03 p.m. on the 4th, and marks the 15th show of force publicly revealed this year.

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