North Korean missiles fly over Japan： Start the instantaneous alarm system!
Cctv newsThe South Korean military said on the 29th that North Korea launched a ballistic missile this morning, which flew over Japan. At present, North Korea has not responded to this matter.
North Korean missiles (data)
On the 29th, South Korean media quoted the South Korean military as saying that North Korea fired a ballistic missile from Shun ‘an area in Pyongyang to the east at about 5: 57 in the morning, and the missile flew over Japan and landed in the North Pacific Ocean. According to the South Korean military, the missile fired by North Korea has a flying distance of about 2,700 kilometers and a flying height of about 550 kilometers. According to its range, this missile should be a medium-and long-range ballistic missile.
The South Korean government issued a statement condemning the missile launch.
The South Korean government issued a statement strongly condemning North Korea’s ballistic missile launch and urging it to stop its provocation and return to the track of denuclearization dialogue at an early date. The statement stressed that if North Korea persists in its own way and continues to launch provocations, the South Korean government will severely deal with it.
South Korea and the United States military: or take military measures against the DPRK
South Korea-US joint military exercise materials
On the same day, the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff of South Korea and the United States made a phone call on the situation on the Korean Peninsula. The two sides unanimously agreed to give a strong response to North Korea’s missile launch, including possible military measures. In addition, an official of the South Korean Ministry of National Defense said that there is no plan to change the joint military exercise between South Korea and the United States. Yonhap News Agency believes that North Korea’s successive missile launches are a response to the joint military exercise of "Eight Freedom Guards" held by South Korea and the United States.
Japanese officials confirmed that North Korean missiles flew over Japan.
Japanese officials and media also confirmed the news that the North Korean missile flew over Japan today, and concluded that the missile eventually fell into the Pacific Ocean 1180 kilometers east of Hokkaido. Suga Yoshihide, Japan’s chief cabinet secretary, said it was an unprecedented threat to Japan’s security.
Japan launches national instantaneous alarm system
The South Korean military said on the 29th that North Korea launched a ballistic missile this morning, which flew over Japan. Japan’s Kyodo News reported that it took about 2 minutes for the missile to pass over Hokkaido, so a national instantaneous warning system was launched in Japan to remind the people.
Hokkaido, Japan
Missile interception system deployment training
After that, the Japan Air Self-Defense Force carried out the maneuver training for the deployment of Patriot-3 surface-to-air interceptor missiles at Yokota and Iwakuni bases for the first time as originally planned. The Japanese side said that it was completely unexpected that there would be a missile launch before the training. In addition, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe held an emergency telephone conversation with US President Trump on the situation.
On the South Korean side, according to Yonhap News Agency, the South Korean Air Force said on the 29th that it conducted an attack formation live-fire bombing exercise at a shooting range in gangwon on the morning of the 29th in response to the launch of ballistic missiles by North Korea. The South Korean military also released a video of their missile test last week.
North Korea has not yet responded to the missile launch.
Korea
Regarding the South Korean military’s claim that North Korea launched a ballistic missile over Japan on the morning of the 29th, North Korea has not yet made any response.
The Security Council will hold an emergency meeting to discuss the situation on the peninsula.
According to diplomatic sources, at the request of the United States, Japan and South Korea, the UN Security Council will hold a meeting on the 29th local time to hold urgent consultations on the situation on the Korean Peninsula.