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North Korea fires ballistic missile over Japan

North Korea has fired a ballistic missile over Japan’s northern Hokkaido island and into the sea in a move Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe called an “unprecedented” threat to his country


Sunan region Missile launch
Hokkaido
Approximate path Missile flew distance of more than 2,700km, reaching height of 550km before breaking into three pieces and falling into sea 1,180km from Japanese coast

CHINA
RUSSIA
Cape Erimo
Area of splashdown
NORTH KOREA
SOUTH KOREA
RUSSIA CHINA
Sea of Japan (East Sea)
JAPAN
NORTH KOREA
Guam
Tokyo
PACIFIC OCEAN

Hwasong-12: Intermediate- range missile that North Korea recently threatened to fire into waters near Guam, which hosts U.S. military base. Latest test may demonstrate that North could follow through with threat if it chooses to do so

Hwasong-12 range 4,800km

Sources: Associated Press, BBC               © GRAPHIC NEWS