North Korea fired a ballistic missile that flew over Japan

North Korea launched a ballistic missile that flew over Japan before dropping into the Pacific Ocean, the media reported. The rocket has flown nearly 3,000 kilometers at an altitude of about 550 kilometers. Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said this was "an unprecedented, serious and big threat," and called for an emergency meeting of the UN Security Council. The last time a North Korean missile flew over Japan in 2009.

Pyongyang then said it was a satellite. Even then, Washington, Seoul and Tokyo thought it was an intercontinental ballistic missile experience. Earlier, Japan had said it would remove any North Korean missile that threatened its territory. However, the Japanese armed forces did not attempt to remove the last missile, FOCUS said. Defense Minister Icuniory Onondera said that according to the Japanese generals, "there was no risk" for the country. We recall that a Pyongyian regime twice tested ballistic missiles a month ago, triggering a sharp verbal collision with the United States.