North Korea fires apparent ballistic missile over Japan: Ministry of Defense

[icymist]

Source: ABC News

North Korea has fired what appears to be a ballistic missile over Japan, the country's Ministry of Defense said Monday.

The apparent ballistic missile was launched at 7:22 a.m. local time and passed over Japan at 7:29 a.m., the Japanese Ministry of Defense announced.

The government of South Korea confirmed that the Japanese government warned citizens to take shelter. The missile likely flew over Japan, but it is still unknown whether the missile fell into the sea.

Read more: https://abcnews.go.com/International/north-korea-fires-apparent-ballistic-missile-japan-ministry/story?id=90941767

[applegrove]

1. Japan Warns Residents to Take Shelter as North Korea Launches Missile

Japan Warns Residents to Take Shelter as North Korea Launches Missile

The test-firing was the latest in a flurry of launchings by the North. The missile flew over Japan and landed in the Pacific.

By Motoko Rich and Choe Sang-Hun

Oct. 3, 2022Updated 7:32 p.m. ET

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/10/03/world/asia/japan-north-korea-missile.html?searchResultPosition=1

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TOKYO — North Korea on Tuesday fired a ballistic missile over Japan for the first time in five years, the South Korean military said, prompting a rare warning by the Japanese government for residents in two northern prefectures to seek shelter.

The launch represented a major escalation by North Korea, which has conducted a flurry of missile tests in recent days as the United States and its allies held military drills in the region.

According to Japan’s Ministry of Defense, the missile passed over Japan toward the Pacific Ocean at 7:22 a.m. and landed in the ocean 17 minutes later. Japan said the missile crashed down outside its exclusive economic zone, which extends 200 nautical miles from its shores.

North Korea has fired 23 ballistic and other missiles this year — four just this week — but it was the first time since the 2017 launch that Japan had issued a warning for residents to take shelter.

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[icymist]

2. 2nd LD) N. Korea fires suspected IRBM eastward: S. Korean military (Same missle/report from S. K.)

I posted this for more information.

SEOUL, Oct. 4 (Yonhap) -- North Korea fired an intermediate-range ballistic missile (IRBM) eastward Tuesday, the South Korean military said.

The Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) said it detected the launch from Mupyong-ri in the northern province of Jagang at 7:23 a.m. and that the missile flew past Japan. It did not provide additional details.

"While strengthening our monitoring and vigilance, our military is maintaining a full readiness posture in close cooperation with the United States," the JCS said in a text message sent to reporters.

The launch marks the fifth of its kind since late last month. Pyongyang last fired an IRBM in January. The Hwasong 12-type missile flew some 800 kilometers at a top altitude of 2,000 km.

https://en.yna.co.kr/view/AEN20221004001352325?section=national/defense

[Evolve Dammit]

3. How did "little Rocket Man" become one of Orange Julius's faves? Ooh. Love letters. OMG

[spudspud]

4. I would start shooting down these things. I wouldn't risk having one of these things fly over my...

country.

[former9thward]

9. How?

Japan has no capability to do that. The U.S. only has a very limited ability.

[spudspud]

10. Really? What about AEGIS destroyers?

Patriot Advanced Missile System? Or that new missile they were working on with the US, SM3 Block 2A?

[former9thward]

11. Well scientists seem to disagree.

After four decades and $200 billion, the US missile defense system is no match for a Russian nuclear attack

The US only has a limited ability to destroy an incoming nuclear intercontinental ballistic missile, a study released last month by the American Physical Society concluded. It said that “the current capabilities are low and will likely continue to be low for the next 15 years” to protect the US against a strike from North Korea, which has an estimated 20 nuclear warheads and relatively unsophisticated missiles. The Pentagon disputes the findings and says the most recent tests show the system can handle a North Korean attack.

But the ability to defend against an attack by Russia, which is estimated to have nearly 6,000 nuclear warheads and highly sophisticated missile technology, is practically nonexistent. The US system is no match against a large number of incoming missiles — precisely the kind of attack that Russia would launch, experts said.

https://www.bostonglobe.com/2022/03/12/nation/after-four-decades-200-billion-us-missile-defense-system-is-no-match-russian-nuclear-attack/#:~:text=The%20answer%2C%20experts%20said%2C%20is,the%20American%20Physical%20Society%20concluded.

[spudspud]

12. Well the Pentagon disagrees.

From your own article: "The Pentagon disputes the findings and says the most recent tests show the system can handle a North Korean attack."

Also, the topic at hand was with regards to NORTH KOREAN missiles being shot over Japan. Not about Russian ICBM's like you bolded in your article. Russian ICBM's use multi-warhead attacks--and they have thousands of them (hence MAD). The dummy mid-range ballistic missiles being tested by North Korea are an entirely different thing, small scale thing, single shot--hence something the Japanese could take out IF they chose to going forward.

[Bayard]

5. What is the purpose for these launches lately?

Attention? Sabre rattling? Because he can?

[LudwigPastorius]

6. Basically, it's Kim saying to the world, "I'm a big boy, too!".

...as he pulls up his Garanimals.

He doesn't like military drills in international waters.

https://www.reuters.com/business/aerospace-defense/skorea-us-japan-stage-anti-submarine-drills-amid-nkorea-tension-2022-09-30/

[womanofthehills]

7. Might be because of Kamala's visit to South Korea

I read he fired a missile right before her visit and one after.

[Martin68]

8. Poor North Korea. So hungry for attention, but everybody's preoccupied with Ukraine, and China, and

Putin, and global warming, and hurricanes, and the price of oil, and more important stuff. "Hey, look at me! I have nuclear weapons and ICBMs, Maybe."

[myohmy2]

13. trump's...

...good friend kimmy along with trump's good friend putin like to scare us...

...trump should write kimmy another nice love letter saying he shouldn't throw his missiles around like that...

...it makes our military and the military or our friends nervous...

...besides, it's just not nice...