North Korea has conducted a night test of
an unidentified ballistic missile which flew over Japan and landed in the
Pacific Ocean, bringing a return to high tension to the region after a lull of
more than two months.
The type and range
of the North Korean missile was not immediately clear, but initial reports from
Seoul suggested that it came from a mobile launcher, and was fired at 3 am
local time. The mobile night launch appeared aimed at testing new capabilities
and demonstrating that Pyongyang would be able to strike back to any attempt at
a preventative strike against the regime.
The Japanese
broadcaster “The missile flew over Japan’s northern main island of
