North Korean Missile That Flew Over Japan Posed No Threat To US Forces, Allies
North Korea's ballistic missile launch earlier in the day did not pose a threat to US armed forces in the region, US Indo-Pacific Command said in a press release.
Earlier reports said North Korea fired an intermediate-range ballistic missile toward the East Sea (Sea of Japan). The missile flew over and past Japan's territory and fell in the Pacific Ocean outside of the Japanese exclusive economic zone.
"We are aware of the DPRK's ballistic missile launch today, including that it overflew Japan," the release said on Monday night. "While we have assessed that this event does not pose a threat to US personnel, or territory, or to our allies, we will continue to monitor the situation."
The United States is consulting closely with Japan, South Korea, including other regional allies and partners, to address the situation, the release said.
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Japan urged residents to take shelter early Tuesday morning after North Korea fired a ballistic missile without warning over the country for the first time in five years, in a major and potentially dangerous escalation of recent weapons tests by the Kim Jong Un regime.
The launch, which prompted immediate backlash from Tokyo and Seoul, comes amid a spate of missile tests, with five launches in the past 10 days, and follows renewed military drills between the United States and its regional allies.
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