I posted the news here earlier: Japan govt warns North Korea missile headed toward northern Japan
More detail now:
- Reports are that 3 missiles fired
- Reports of submarine launched but this appears to be incorrect - missiles launched from eastern part of North Korea
- Missile fired at 0558 Japan time
- One (at least) passed through Japanese air space at 6.06am (Japan time)
- One (at least) landed in the Pacific east of Japan after passing through Japanese airspace
- One of the missile broke up into 3 parts (this may be why reports of 3 missiles - still unclear)
More below ...
Hokkaido on right, circled
Missile landed in the Pacific Ocean east of Erimomisaki on Hokkaido, circled on right of pic:
As I posted in the earlier piece, this is an escalation. North Korea have been firing off plenty of missile tests, this is the first once to pass over Japan since August 31, 1998.
Japan chief cabinet secretary Suga:
- An unprecedented, grave threat
CNN connects the dots ...
Here we go - yep, one missile, broke into 3 parts. Initial reports of 3 missiles - the break up the reason for those confused earlier reports.
- Missile flew 2700km
