The Japanese government says North Korea appears to have fired at least one ballistic missile.
Source: NHK (Japan)
The Japanese government says North Korea appears to have fired at least one ballistic missile. The government is advising people outside to take shelter immediately.
Read more: https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/japan/
It seems the missile has already passed over Japan towards the Pacific Ocean
At this point, only a banner headline on NHK rather than a full article
Warpy
(111,256 posts)What I'm waiting to see is whether or not they've got guidance systems or if they're just going for distance and fear factor.
Not Ruth
(3,613 posts)I believe that China said if NK fired first, NK owned it
GeoWilliam750
(2,522 posts)And landed in the Pacific, so just more hyper-ventilating for the time being, it seems
Not Ruth
(3,613 posts)Honestly this is very aggressive behavior
GeoWilliam750
(2,522 posts)WhiskeyGrinder
(22,340 posts)Warpy
(111,256 posts)Right now they're just shooting big rockets off at random to prove that Kim is a big wheel in the world.
If one of them hits a decomissioned ship it's actually aimed at, I will begin to worry. Bigtime.
christx30
(6,241 posts)Is the rest of the world just sitting with their thumbs up their butt while North Korea is threatening countries with nukes? If NK launches and it kills anyone, the rest of the world is going to suffer.
WhiskeyGrinder
(22,340 posts)We can deal with a murderous human-rights-violating regime now, or we can wait for them to murder more people and then wipe them off the map. What's it going to be?