North Korea launches ballistic missile in new test
North Korea launched a ballistic missile Sunday morning that flew around 430 miles before crashing into the sea, U.S. and South Korean military officials said, in what appears to be the latest missile test in defiance of United Nations sanctions.
The unidentified ballistic missile was launched at 5:27 a.m. Sunday Seoul time (4:27 p.m. Saturday ET), off Kusong north of the North Korean capital of Pyongyang, a South Korean military official told NBC News.
The missile flew around 30 minutes and landed in the Sea of Japan, also known as the East Sea, Japan's chief cabinet secretary said.
This one went the furthest, I believe. I wonder when one will really land on either us, or Japan. Then what?
I don't think North Korea has anything near the capability to hit you, but South Korea and Japan are both possibilities.
A recent article about NK and their submarines and their capability with SLBMs, which the article says can travel more than 600 miles.
South Korea is well within the range of North Korean SLBMs.
The distance from North Korea to South Korea is 492kms = 306 miles.
Japan is a little out of range for the North Korean SLBMs, the distance from North Korea to Japan is 1,045 kms = 649 miles. Although there is a possibilty the North Korean SLBMs could hit Japan, it depends when the article says they can travel "more than 600 miles" how much "more" is.
North Korea are aiming these things in Japan's direction but they're not coming close yet.
North Korea's hidden submarine threat is another worry as regime warns it's 'ready' for war
"Experts believe North Korea's navy has around 70 submarines in its fleet, although only a handful today are believed to be capable of firing submarine-launched ballistic missiles or so-called SLBMs. And while North Korea does not yet appear to have a functional, operational submarine-launched nuclear capability they are testing submarine missiles that could some day carry a nuclear warhead.
Last August, North Korean media showed off video of a so-called KN-11 submarine missile being launched from eastern coastal waters. Images of the North Korean dictator pointing to the missile launch were shown on the state television network.
The submarine-launched missile flew about 310 miles toward Japan.
The test set a new distance record for Pyongyang's SLBM program, and experts suggest the ballistic missile has the capability to travel more than 600 miles."
Here's the rest of the article.
North Korea's hidden submarine threat as regime warns 'ready' for war