North Korea fires long-range ballistic missile, South Korea says
2024.10.30 19:28
SEOUL (Reuters) -North Korea fired a suspected long-range ballistic missile towards the sea off its east coast on Thursday, South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff said, a day after Seoul reported the North was making preparations to launch an intercontinental ballistic missile.
The launch, at a sharply raised angle, was from an area near the North’s capital, Pyongyang, the Joint Chiefs said in a statement. It did not confirm whether the missile had dropped.
Japan’s Coast Guard also said North Korea fired what could be a ballistic missile. More than 20 minutes hour after the reported launch, the projectile believed to be the North Korean missile was still flying, Japan’s NHK broadcaster reported.
On Wednesday, South Korea’s Defence Intelligence Command said the North had placed a mobile launcher at a location making preparations to launch what could be an ICBM but that the missile did not appear to be loaded onto the launcher yet.
