BREAKING NEWS – N.KOREA CLAIMED HISTORIC SUCCESS OF FIRST ICBM LAUNCH
According to its state broadcast, Korea Central Television (KCTV), Tuesday morning’s test, which was conducted on the orders of the country’s leader, Kim Jong-un, reached a height of 2,802 kilometers (1,741 miles), and it was an historic successful launch of an ICBM.
The missile, referred to as Hwasong-14 on state TV, flew into waters east of the Korean Peninsula and may have landed in Japan’s Exclusive Economic Zone, which extends 200 nautical miles from its coastline, according to a Japanese defense official.