North Korea fires suspected intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) | DW News

North Korea launched a suspected intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) on Friday, officials in South Korea and Japan said.

The missile was most likely to have landed in the water about 210 kilometers (130 miles) west of Hokkaido, according to the Japan Coast Guard.

According to Japanese Defense Minister Yasukazu Hamada, the missile had sufficient range to reach the United States mainland.

The launch on Friday comes a day after North Korea fired a short-range ballistic missile. Pyongyang has warned it will carry out further such actions, sparking worries that a nuclear test may occur soon.

The ICBM is North Korea's longest-range missile and is capable of delivering a nuclear payload to any point in the continental United States.

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[VisibilityFoggy]

Whoa. They stopped the summit to condemn it. That's almost as serious as a strongly-worded letter!

[kevinstokes]

Yeah they been saying it's unacceptable for some years now. I'm thinking it's pretty acceptable.

[rosskruger]

0:01 Samsung has to let us know the tv in the studio is qled 8k though

[chickensya]

Imagine being North Korea right now and thinking this is somehow going to work in your favor

[Cristoforo]

Kim jung un can’t stand the fact Poland is receiving a vast amount of the world’s attention right now, so that’s why Kim fired another missile.

“Hey! Look at me you guys, ... over

[roelralutin]

Japan should take advantage of these tests. They should test their anti- missile capabilities by targeting the NK missiles. They passes thru the japanese airspace anyway.

[Skoda]

Stop jumping after everything NK does. That's exactly what they want, using "instrumental irrationality".

[jaapongeveer]

I don't understand why these missiles aren't shot down once they are in international air space.

[nigeljohnson]

Kim has really got it in for the fish.

[faridjahed]

North Korea needs to feed its people first

[markwilson]

nk is like the obnoxious kid in class who only acts out to get attention from the rest of their peers

[AztlanOz]

Well just fire a bigger & better one in response

[Zerg]

He wants to make sure, when nuclear war erupts, that he is a target too. Imagine, the world is gonna end, and we completely forget North Korea.

[wsmith]

VP Harris stepped out of a meeting to condemn the launch. There might be a resolution in the works to make Kim write 500 sentences “I will not launch missiles”.

[Zaerki]

When will it finally be time to deliver punishment to warmongering dictators?

[cyberfunk]

How can it be so hard to get rocket man to take a nap, one drone could solve so many problems.

[xolelwantibane]

Presenter to the journalist : "North Korea fired a missile that could possibly reach the U.S, what is the message here"
Me: well are you serious sir? Isn't clear enough?😀😀

[unfound]

China is the only one who is giving them this technology.

[jason]

What is the UN going to do about this?

[Aralakh]

God damn, Josh barely slept last 3 days