Without warning, North Korea launched a ballistic missile on Tuesday morning that flew over Japan and into the Pacific Ocean.
This marked the seventh time that the path of a North Korean missile has taken it over Japan, and the first since Sept. 15, 2017, when an intermediate-range Hwasong-12 ballistic missile flew over Hokkaido.
The Defense Ministry said the missile was launched around 7:22 a.m. and had a maximum altitude of about 1,000 kilometers, before falling into the Pacific Ocean outside Japan's exclusive economic zone at 7:44 a.m. about 3,200 kilometers east of Kamaishi, Iwate Prefecture. No damage to aircraft or ships has been confirmed.
