North Korea said it had tested a new long-range missile just last week. Now another rocket was apparently fired.
North Korea has fired what appears to be a ballistic missile again, according to the South Korean military. According to the general staff, the rocket flew towards the sea between the Korean peninsula and Japan on Wednesday (local time), as reported by the Yonhap news agency. The military is still analyzing the launch to determine what type of missile was fired.
According to the leadership in Pyongyang, just last week the self-proclaimed nuclear power North Korea had tested a new type of long-range rocket with solid fuel propulsion. UN decisions prohibit the internationally isolated country from testing ballistic missiles of any range. Depending on the design, such rockets can also be equipped with a nuclear warhead.