North Korea may have launched an intercontinental ballistic missile that fell outside of Japan’s exclusive economic zone, Japanese Defense Minister Yasukazu Hamada told reporters. It has been reported TASS.
“We have confirmed that the North Korean missile fell outside of Japan’s exclusive economic zone, no information on damage,” he said, adding that North Korea “probably” launched at least one intercontinental ballistic missile.
At the same time, Prime Minister Fumio Kishida announced an emergency meeting of the National Security Council on 13 April to discuss the incident.
TASS, previously citing the Japanese Coast Guard, reported that the missile was launched on Thursday, April 13. launched North Korea fell.
Before that, it was known that North Korea. launched Unidentified type ballistic missile into the Sea of Japan.