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North Korea fires possible ballistic missile for first time in a month
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SEOUL, 27 February 2022, (TON): North Korea fired what could be a ballistic missile on Sunday, military officials in South Korea and Japan said, “in what would be the first test since the nuclear-armed country conducted a record number of launches in January.”
South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff reported that North Korea had fired one suspected ballistic missile toward the sea off its east coast from a location near Sunan, where Pyongyang’s international airport is located.
The airport has been the site of missile tests, including a pair of short-range ballistic missiles fired on Jan. 16.
Japan’s Defense Minister Nobuo Kishi said Sunday’s missile may have flown as high as 600 km (400 miles), to a range of 300 km (200 miles).
North Korea was threatening the security of Japan, the region and the international community, he said “there have been frequent launches since the start of the year, and North Korea is continuing to rapidly develop ballistic missile technology.”
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