Friday 15 September 2017

BREAKING NEWS: North Korea launches missile over Hokkaido, Japan

Pyongyang fires missile through Japan’s airspace into Pacific Ocean


RT,
14 September, 2017

North Korea has fired a ballistic missile, which reportedly passed through Japan’s airspace near Hokkaido, triggering a public alert. It's believed to have fallen in the Pacific Ocean some 2,000 km east of the island.

North Korea fired an unidentified missile eastward from the vicinity of Pyongyang this morning,” the JCS said. The missile reached an altitude of 770 km and covered a distance of 3,700 km before falling into the ocean, according to South Korea's military.

The South Korean and US militaries are analyzing details of the launch, Reuters reports.

NHK Television urged residents in Hokkaido and Tohoku regions to take shelter as the projectile passed over Japanese airspace near Hokkaido at around 7.06am local time.


North Korea has just launched a missile, the alert says residents in northern part of Japan should stay inside.
The Japanese government will hold an emergency national security council session in response to Pyongyang's latest launch.

Japan’s Chief Cabinet Secretary told reporters the missile was likely “the same as before,” referring to the August 29 launch over Japan. Yoshihide Suga condemned Pyongyang’s missile test “in the strongest words,” saying the missile passed over Hokkaido and fell into the Pacific Ocean, roughly 2,000 kilometers east of Arimori Cape.

The Japanese government did not try to destroy the missile, according to reports. There's been no news of damage to aircraft and sailing vessels, or falling objects onto Japanese territory.

Japan's Prime Minister, Shinzo Abe, however, issued instructions to prepare for unforeseen circumstances by communicating prompt and accurate information to citizens.



The North Korean launch comes shortly after South Korea staged a ballistic missile training drill in the Sea of Japan. The South Korean president has been notified and has immediately convened a National Security Council meeting.


's missile landed 2.000 km east of . This means, it flew 3.700 km. It's 3.400 km from to .


Just prior to the launch, Pyongyang warned that it was time to “annihilate” the US, to “sink” Japan and to “wipe out” South Korea following the adoption of a new UN Security Council sanctions resolution this week, in response to the regime’s recent nuclear test.

The 15-member United Nations Security Council (UNSC) unanimously approved a new round of sanctions Monday, targeting North Korea’s textile exports and its oil imports.

On August 29, North Korea launched a ballistic missile over Northern Japan. The Hwasong-12 intermediate-range ballistic missile is believed to have flown about 1,700 miles (2,735km) and reached a height of 341 miles (548km) before falling into the Pacific Ocean.


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After a number of last minute compromises, China and Russia supported the latest round of sanctions against Pyongyang Monday. While strongly condemning North Korea's actions, Moscow and Beijing continue to insist on the implementation of the so-called “double-freeze” proposal, which calls for Pyongyang to suspend its nuclear and ballistic missile tests in exchange for a halt to joint US-South Korea military drills.

Tensions on the Korean Peninsula are rapidly mounting with North Korea defiantly continuing its missile and nuclear tests and the US, South Korean and Japanese militaries regularly holding drills in the region, accompanied by strong rhetoric by Washington. Pyongyang says the boosting of its missile and nuclear program is justified as its only means of defense should these military maneuvers escalate into a direct confrontation.


Numerous reports are coming in that North Korea HAS LAUNCHED an Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (ICBM) and that attack warning sirens are sounding throughout Japan, urging citizens to immediately take cover . . . . . 6:03 PM EDT  
launched another . Hearing the sirens out here in . Thanks for the heads up, J-alert





#DPRK has launched ballistic missile to the east from Pyongyang airport
 N.KOREA MISSILE PASSES OVER JAPAN'S HOKKAIDO, GOVT SAYS
Emergency sirens have been activated in #Japan and emergency alerts have been broadcast to residents
#Japan is urging all citizens to evacuate to shelters immediately.
 
Reports of air defense sirens in warning of possible North Korea missile launch
Time of overflight 0706 local, time of alert seen on TV 0703 local. Three minute reaction time.
Missile has reportedly impacted in the Pacific Ocean just east of Hokaido Island Japan. 
(THIS IS NOT YET CONFIRMED)

South Korea convening National Security Council meeting in 40 mins; #ROK military already conducting its own #missile drill in East Sea

UPDATE 6:35 PM EDT --

US Secretary of Defense James Mattis was visiting Stratcom in Omaha, Nebraska with a press pool when the launch took place.  The Secretary dismissed the Press Pool back to their hotels then he went into a secure area for some type of action.
 N. Korean missile likely reached altitude of 770 km, flew 3,700 km: S. Korean military Distance from NK to Guam: ~3400kms...

More to follow check back for updates...

The following is coverage from Japan's NHK



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From earlier



N. Korea vows to sink Japan for ‘dancing to US tune’ & reduce US to ‘ashes and darkness’


N. Korea vows to sink Japan for ‘dancing to US tune’ & reduce US to ‘ashes and darkness’

FILE PHOTO: North Korean leader Kim Jong Un attends a military drill in Pyongyang. © KCNA / Reuters

Pyongyang says it is the time to “annihilate” the US and turn it into “ashes” for initiating the latest round of sanctions. The North has also threatened Washington’s allies in the region, vowing to “sink” Japan and “wipe out” South Korea.

North Korea made yet another threat to the US and its allies in the region, Japan and South Korea, on Wednesday, KCNAreported. The North accused the US of “cooking up” the latest restrictive measures against it and demanded that the US be beaten “to death as a stick is fit for a rabid dog.”

North Korea vows to boost nuclear, missile programs in face of new UN sanctions





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The Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova said that the UN Security Council took into account all of Moscow's substantial requirements to the draft resolution on the DPRK. The final document isn't as harsh as the original version drafted by the American delegation. Nevertheless, Pyongyang did not find it satisfactory. Our correspondent Daria Kozlova observed this during a press conference with the DPRK ambassador to Russia.

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