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Purveyor

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Mon Jul 18, 2016, 07:39 PM Jul 2016

North Korea Fires Three Ballistic Missiles, Flew Up To 600 km: South Korea

Source: Reuters

North Korea fired three ballistic missiles early on Tuesday into the sea off its east coast that had a range of between 500 and 600 kilometers (300 and 360 miles), South Korea's military said.

The missiles were launched towards east from an area in the North's western region called Hwangju from 5:45 a.m. local time (2045 GMT Monday) to 6:40 a.m., the South's military said.

"The ballistic missiles flight went from 500 kilometers to 600 kilometers, which is a distance far enough to strike all of South Korea including Busan," the South's military said in a statement.

Busan is a South Korean port city in the south.

Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/us-northkorea-missiles-idUSKCN0ZY2PC

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North Korea Fires Three Ballistic Missiles, Flew Up To 600 km: South Korea (Original Post) Purveyor Jul 2016 OP
The death and devastation of Sea-Life is horrible! Equinox Moon Jul 2016 #1
Southbound and down... jtuck004 Jul 2016 #2
Patriot and THAAD systems Duckhunter935 Jul 2016 #3
And there's always more. nt WhiteTara Jul 2016 #4

Equinox Moon

(6,344 posts)
1. The death and devastation of Sea-Life is horrible!
Mon Jul 18, 2016, 07:49 PM
Jul 2016

No one ever talks about the massacre to Sea-Life. I grieve.

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