NK just fired a missile against Japan ( Archived) (263)

rizlared: More half fake news, yes NK fired a missile, no it wasn't an attack on Japan, the missile went up and then came down, in the sea, some distance from Japan.

But that doesn't grab headlines as much as "NK just fired a missile against Japan".

robplum: Worth noting the United Nations was a combatant in Korean War, it is not an independent body capable of mediating in the ongoing Korean conflict so the bleeding hearts better get a grip of themselves...

The South Korean military, however, said the missile reached an altitude of around 4,500 km -- more than 10 times the height of the international space station -- and flew 960 km before landing.

At least one expert said its lofted trajectory suggested an actual range of 13,000 kilometres that would bring every city in the continental United States within range.

According to the North Korean government, the ICBM launched on Tuesday Moscow time (Wednesday local time) covered the distance of 950 kilometers and reached the maximum altitude of 4,475 kilometers.


The ICBM Hwasong-15 type weaponry system is an intercontinental ballistic rocket tipped with super-large heavy warhead which is capable of striking the whole mainland of the US,” KCNA said.


Russia’s Sukhoi-30 fighter jet on November 25 approached a US reconnaissance plane over an international area of the Black Sea

"After being identified by a Russian fighter the US reconnaissance plane changed its route and set course away from Russia’s airspace," the Southern Military District said. "Upon completing its mission the Russian fighter safely returned to base."

SEOUL, November 27. /TASS/. An apocalyptic scenario of developments on the Korean Peninsula is possible, but Russia hopes that a common sense would prevail among the involved parties, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Igor Morgulov said on Monday.

"A scenario of the apocalyptic development of the situation on the Korean Peninsula exists and we cannot turn our blind eye to it," Morgulov said speaking at the opening of the eighth annual Asian Conference of the Valdai discussion club in Seoul.

"I hope that a common sense, pragmatism and an instinct of self-preservation would prevail among our partners to exclude such negative scenario," the Russian diplomat said.

"If Pyeongyang’s demonstrated restraint over the past two months was met with similar reciprocal steps on behalf of the United States and its allies then we could have moved to the start of direct talks between the United States and North Korea," Morgulov said.

"Will it be possible? I am absolutely sure that it is possible," the Russian diplomat said. "The key agenda of such talks can be very simple, which is the principles of peaceful coexistence. I believe that the lack of such concord gives roots to hostility and mutual mistrust among the involved parties."

"The United States and its allies should at least reduce the scale of their regular military exercises they are holding in the region of the Korean Peninsula," Morgulov said.


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The Knyaz Vladimir is also capable of launching 16 intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBM), which are capable of levelling cities up to 5,778 miles away.

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Mercedes_00: You only have Trump to blame.

reb56: by spring or fall we nail em,china is behind this,we were gonna invade china in late 1970s,then iran deal came up under carter n we put it off 4 later,dems couldnt handle iran,trump will thump them,china backed or not.