Posted on 11/28/2017 12:18:30 PM PST by Enlightened1
North Korea fires a missile that appears to have crashed into Japan's exclusive economic zone, the Japanese prime minister's office said.
The South Korean military conducted a "precision missile-firing drill" as a response to the launch, a South Korean military official told NBC.
President Donald Trump was briefed on the situation while the missile was in the air, the White House said in a statement.
North Korea fired a missile that was believed to have crashed into the waters off Japan, the Japanese prime minister's office said early Wednesday local time (Tuesday afternoon ET).
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe ordered an emergency meeting of Cabinet ministers after North Korea's first ballistic missile launch since Sept. 15, when one flew over northern Japan and into the Pacific Ocean.
"A missile was launched from North Korea which appears to have landed within Japan's exclusive economic zone," Abe's office tweeted. "As soon as new information comes in, we will let you know."
The exclusive economic zone is a legal designation established by the United Nations Law of the Sea.
The South Korean military conducted a "precision missile-firing drill" as a response to the launch, a South Korean military official told NBC.
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That’s an attack....what the hell will happen, no one knows.
Perhaps?
Exactly. And finder’s keepers. Retrieve it, dissect it, see if parts came from outside North Korea.
That’s a real act of war.
Imagine if NK landed a missile a couples mile or so off Hawaii shores?
This is no different.
Can we blow up NORK yet? huh, huh?
Went 2800 miles up into space...that could reach the midwest..
perfect. The SK know they can shoot it down, it was not a danger, then grab it and put the pcs back together.
That’s an attack....what the hell will happen, no one knows.
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Probably more posturing and a salvo of words.
If this didn’t come from a mobile launcher, the proper response would be to bomb the launch site into rubble.
It behaves us to lob one into the sea in NORK territorial waters. An old tech self destruct, one.
Not Likely. The apogee of a Minuteman III is about 700 miles.
The distance quoted is likely the range as compared to a Minuteman's 6,000 miles.
The Exclusive Economic Zone is not the same as territorial waters. It’s still international waters and can extend to 200 miles from shore.
FBN reporting it went 2K mi into space before it came down.
This regime has to go.
They probably don't want to tell the Norks or the world the specific capabilities of their missile defense systems.
That’s a practice EMP attack.
“Went 2800 miles up into space...that could reach the midwest..”
Drudge has a link up that says total flight time was 50 minutes.
Bizarre.
We can send a Minuteman III to the limit of it’s range of 10,000 miles in 40 minutes.
Not Likely. The apogee of a Minuteman III is about 700 miles.
The distance quoted is likely the range as compared to a Minuteman's 6,000 miles.
That’s a practice EMP attack.
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I think it’s probable.
“The distance quoted is likely the range as compared to a Minuteman’s 6,000 miles. “
While the exact range is still classified, I can assure you the MMIII goes a LOT farther than 6,000 miles.
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