North Korea’s latest missile test appeared to have “failed” immediately after launch, South Korea’s military said, an incident that comes days after a report said Kim Jong Un’s regime was preparing to fire its first ICBM in five years.
The unidentified projectile appeared to have been launched at 9:30 a.m. Wednesday from an area near Pyongyang’s international airport and is presumed to have failed shortly after it took off, the Joint Chiefs of Staff said in a text message. The North Korean projectile failed to “reach its altitude,” a senior JCS official told reporters, adding that authorities were undergoing additional analysis on the specifications of the missile.
The area was used for two launches in the past few weeks that North Korea said were tests for a satellite system. The U.S. said Kim was testing components for an intercontinental ballistic missile.
